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Members on the Move
NEW HIRES excellence, guest satisfaction, and to its leadership team, reflecting
community connection, he is its commitment to strong risk
committed to fostering teamwork management, audit, and compliance
and creating memorable experiences practices. Tara Owens, previously
across all three LEPFA-managed Risk Officer, has been promoted
venues. to Chief Audit Executive, bringing
years of experience in risk oversight
Allegra Cagigas and banking operations to enhance
has joined governance and strengthen
Rathbun alignment between audit and
Insurance as a risk functions. Tana Rugel, who
Personal Lines joined earlier this year as Chief Risk
Newman Eleweke
Account Manager. Officer and BSA Officer, brings a
LAFCU welcomed two new members Bringing years strong background in enterprise
to its marketing team, Eric Newman of insurance risk management and regulatory
as Data Analyst and Matthew experience from compliance, focusing on building a
Eleweke as User Experience (UX) Cagigas independent and high-performing team and advancing
Designer. Newman, a resident captive agencies oversight across the Bank.
of Grand Ledge, brings over nine in Jacksonville, Florida, Allegra holds
years of experience in data and Workforce Certificates in Insurance Harrison Leffel-
financial analysis, including credit Life and Health and Insurance Jones was
union research and core systems. Personal Lines. promoted to Vice
At LAFCU, he supports strategic President for
decision-making and marketing Jenea Markham Small Business
initiatives through data analysis and has joined and Innovation
trend insights. Eleweke, of Lansing, Downtown at the Lansing
joins with more than six years of Lansing Inc. as Economic Area
experience in UX design, graphic Marketing and Partnership
design, and marketing. Previously a Brand Specialist. Leffel-Jones (LEAP), where
marketing and media manager for A Downtown he leads a team
Veterinary United, he led strategy Lansing resident serving over 600 businesses annually.
across 25 clinics. At LAFCU, he focuses and proud A Certified Economic Developer,
on creating user-friendly digital Markham supporter Leffel-Jones oversees programs
experiences and enhancing member of the city, supporting entrepreneurship,
engagement across platforms. Markham brings over a decade of innovation, and small business
experience in media management growth across the tri-county region,
The Lansing and small business development. including 517 Entrepreneurship &
Entertainment & She specializes in strategic Innovation Week, the CreativeTech
Public Facilities communications, community- Ecosystem, and the TREK Small
Authority centered storytelling, and mission- Business Support Hub.
(LEPFA) and driven content creation to help
Legends Global showcase the district’s culture,
have announced vibrancy, and local businesses.
that Tony
Watson has
been named
Watson
general manager
of Lansing Center, Groesbeck Golf
Course, and Jackson Field, overseeing
the city’s downtown convention hub,
its 18-hole municipal golf course, and Whitford Erspamer
the home of the Lansing Lugnuts.
Watson brings 25 years of venue Martin Commercial Properties is
management experience, and most proud to announce the promotion
recently serving as Assistant General Owens Rugel of Madeline Whitford to Director
Manager at Irving Convention Center Dart Bank recently announced of Property Management. Whitford
in Texas. Focused on operational key additions and promotions has been an integral member of the
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