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CHAMBER NEWS

Meet Our New Chamber Board Members

THE LANSING REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is delighted to welcome seven new members to its 2020 Board of Directors: Andrew Rose (Rehmann), Lisa Ellen
Smith (Inverve Marketing), Todd Surline (Hiring Solutions), Keith L. Granger (Granger Waste Services), Roger Graff (Farm Bureau Insurance Co.), Jim Farrell
(Dart Container) and Tina Brumley (Auto-Owners Insurance).

Tina Brumley Keith L. Granger
Auto-Owners Insurance Granger Waste Services

Originally from Massachusetts, Tina has her bachelor’s Keith L. Granger serves as CEO of Granger Waste
degree in social work from Eastern Nazarene College Services, a fourth-generation, family-owned company
in Quincy, Mass. Tina moved to the Midwest in providing waste collection, disposal and recycling
1993. In 1999, she joined Auto-Owners Insurance. services. He has worked at Granger in various
Tina has held positions in underwriting, marketing, capacities for more than 30 years.
life sales and management in Illinois, Michigan and
Indiana. In 2001, she became regional vice president His priorities for the company include maintaining a
in Wisconsin. She returned to Michigan in 2015 as safe work environment, providing exemplary service,
assistant vice president of marketing and sales. continued company growth and improvement and making Granger an
employer of choice.
Tina is married to Mike and they have two boys, ages 27 and 19. They also
have two grandchildren and one loveable golden retriever named Finley. Keith is a graduate of Hope College and earned his MBA from the University
of Michigan. He serves on several boards and committees. Keith resides in
Jim Farrell East Lansing with his wife Lisa and has three grown children.
Dart Container

Jim joined Dart Container Corporation in 2013 as
vice president of human resources and was promoted
to executive vice president of people, culture and
communications in 2019. Jim has 30 years of experience
in human resources and communications, having served
in such positions as associate vice president of human
resources at Wayne State University, state personnel
director for the State of Michigan and director at
KPMG, leading human resources transformational and business optimization
engagements for numerous clients.

In his current role, Jim leads companywide human resources and training
functions, and corporate communications.

Jim earned a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Michigan State
University and master’s degree in public administration from Western
Michigan University.

Roger Graff
Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan

Roger Graff, MBA, AIC, CPCU, LUTCF, is vice
president of claims for Farm Bureau Insurance. Roger
earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from University
of Michigan, Dearborn and began his career with
Farm Bureau in 1994. His first two years with Farm
Bureau were as an agent. He then chose the Property
Casualty Claims path focusing on Liability claims in
South East Michigan. In May of 2018 Roger became
the Vice President of Claims.

Roger has earned his Associate in Claims (AIC), Life Underwriting
Training Counsel Fellow (LUTCF), Chartered Property Casualty
Underwriter (CPCU), and Master of Business Administration (MBA) with
Specialization in Risk Management and Insurance from Walden University.

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