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donut shop. Inspring 2016, Groovy Myles Johnson is a Lansing native
Donuts earned its first Top 5 ranking in who has always had a passion for
Lansing City Pulse’s “Top of the Town” politics and making an impact in
competition and has earned a Top 3 the community. After graduating
spot in the Best Doughnuts category from Lansing Sexton High School
every year since. In June 2017, he was and receiving a degree in advertising
named “Rising Micro Entrepreneur” at from Bowling Green, he returned
the Entrepreneur Institute of Mid- home and decided to run for Ingham
Michigan’s Annual Luncheon. Groovy County Commissioner. He won his
Donuts is deeply connected to the election with a 75 percent majority.
Gauthier Johnson
community including delivering In his first year as commissioner, he
free donuts to teachers in East Lansing and Williamston has implemented targeted infrastructure improvement
Schools during Teacher Appreciation Week and weekly initiatives, including securing funding and resources for
donations to Child and Family Charities, Saturday Morning road maintenance, public transportation, and utility services,
Breakfast Outreach, Punks with Lunch and many others. to address the pressing infrastructure gaps in District 5,
South Lansing.
Amanda Hadley serves as a financial
advisor for Full Circle Financial Samantha Le brings over 11 years
Planning in Lansing. She works of sales and marketing experience,
primarily with women entrepreneurs, specializing in real estate, to her role
divorcees, working and single moms, as associate, retail advisor at Martin
and widows. Working together Commercial Properties. Raised in
with other strong women in the Lansing, Samantha has a familiarity
community, Amanda feels the best with and understanding of the local
part of her job is helping clients to and regional market. She returned
feel educated and empowered in home from Chicago in early 2020 to
Hadley
their decisions. She is a licensed Le be more involved in her community.
Fiduciary with a Series 65 license, having passed an Samantha is eager to take all that she
exam that required several hundred hours of study, has learned in a larger market and translate it here in Mid-
most of which she completed while taking care of her Michigan. This will further her personal goal of fostering
new baby and working full time. Amanda is continually economic development in Lansing, making Mid-Michigan
involved in activities associated with the organizations a thriving region for new business. She is very active in the
that she is a part of, including events taking place in community, including serving as a board member of the
Old Town Lansing, Impression 5, and the efforts and Capital City Film Festival and a table captain for the Ele’s
community commitments made by TWIGS (To Work in Place Healing Hearts Breakfast.
Grateful Service). In June, she organized and co-hosted
the family-centered “Touch a Truck Family Fun Fest” Jacqueline Rhine serves as a sales
event in Old Town. and leasing consultant for Feldman
Chevrolet of Lansing. She has thrived
Ryan Hundt serves as chief working in male-dominated industries
executive officer of Michigan Works! her entire career. “Jac” as she is known
Association. In that role, he leads a to her friends has worked her way
statewide association of workforce up in the automotive industry since
development boards and agencies 2016 to entering sales in 2018. She is a
that serves thousands of job four-time certified top performer as
seekers and employers annually. He Rhine a General Motors Mark of Excellence
has a proven record of delivering Winner. In 2022, she generated over
innovative and impactful programs $600,000 in sales and earned the top salesperson in her
and initiatives that foster talent building and in the top eight in the entire dealership
Hundt
attraction and retention, and growth for 2022. Community is essential to Jac. She joined a
in Michigan. He is very active on boards both locally and BNI group which made a profound impact on her life
statewide including the Michigan Economic Developers and showed her how strong the Lansing area’s business
Association; Michigan Adult, Community & Alternative network is. She appreciates being able to be involved
Education Association; State of Michigan Apprenticeship in community groups including HBA, BNI Networkers
Advisory Board Member; Michigan Workforce, Training of Okemos, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
and Education Collaborative Board Member; and the and Lansing Women’s Forum, all of which have helped
Michigan College Access Network Educated Workforce her build business connections and more importantly,
Advisory Board Member. relationships and friendships. l
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