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        to participate in educational activities   branch. Reeves was awarded $1,936,   to sticky notes and is available
        hosted by partners from communities   an homage to the credit union's      throughout Meijer supercenters
        throughout mid-Michigan.             founding in 1936. He plans to donate   across the Midwest.
                                             the money to Flight Angels, an
        Dickinson Wright is pleased to       organization based in Puerto Rico     PROMOTIONS
        announce that Kester So has          that takes in abandoned animals,
        been named to “Michigan Lawyers      rehabilitates them, and then                           Extend Your
        Weekly”'s 2023 Hall of Fame, which   relocates them to the mainland.                        Reach is pleased
        recognizes Michigan legal leaders                                                           to announce
        over the age of 60 or who have                                                              that Maranda
        practiced for 30 years or more for                                                          Branum has
        their successful careers and valuable                                                       been appointed
        contributions to the community. The                                                         marketing and
        Class of 2023 Hall of Fame will be                                                          digital content
        profiled in a special section of the                                                        manager.
        April 21st issue of "Michigan Lawyers                                      Branum           Branum has
        Weekly."                                                                                    been with EYR
                                                                                   as an assistant for the past year and
                          Ben Rathbun,                                             has proven herself ready for this
                          president of                                             new role. Branum is responsible
                          The Rathbun                                              for managing all aspects of their
                          Agency, was                                              marketing efforts and digital
                          named one of                                             content strategy, including brand
                          the Insurance                                            awareness, developing mail and
                          Journal's Top 25   Wanda Drozdzak, client account        social media campaigns, and more.
                          Agents of 2022.    manager for Extend Your Reach,
                          Twenty-five        was proudly featured in the Girls
                          independent        Who Print #PrintHERStoryMonth
        Rathbun
                          agents were        2023 spotlight. With her 20-plus
        named to the list for having achieved   years of print experience, Drozdzak
        impressive success in sales and      has seen many trends and gained
        demonstrated laudable business       much knowledge by asking
        intelligence and entrepreneurial     questions.
        skills. They also have shown they
        have a passion for what they do and
        a commitment to professionalism
        and, in many cases, specialization.                                        Maner Costerisan, a leading regional
                                                                                   business consulting and public
        PEOPLE NEWS                                                                accounting firm headquartered in
                                                                                   Lansing, has promoted seven team
                                                                                   members to senior-level positions,
                                                                                   including: Tyler Baker, CPA, was
                                                                                   promoted to senior manager; Tim
                                                                                   Bograkos was promoted to director
                                                                                   of business development;  Jon
                                                                                   Ringlein, CPA, was promoted to
                                             A Sparrow caregiver who wanted to     senior manager;  Kasey Roth, CPA,
                                             show her daughters that "women        was promoted to senior manager
                                             can do cool things" is one of three   in the firm's audit department;
                                             Midwesterners to have their art       Wes Salisbury, CMA, was also
                                             featured on a special collection of   promoted to senior manager;
        LAFCU announced Jeffrey Reeves       products at Meijer in celebration     Monica Terry, CPA, was promoted
        of Lansing, a fourth-generation      of Women's History Month. Misty       to senior manager in the firm's
        automobile industry worker and       Gunter Russian, who works in          audit department; and Bethany
        longtime LAFCU member, as the        Sparrow's Finance Department,         Verble, CPA, CFE, was promoted to
        winner of its contest celebrating    said she finds it "surreal" that      senior manager in the consulting
        the newly renovated lobby of its     her artwork is now depicted on        division of the firm's accounting and
        West Lansing headquarters and        everything from makeup bags           outsourced solutions department.

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