Page 24 - LRCC March 2024 FOCUS
P. 24

MEMBERS ON THE MOVE                                                        FOCUS MAGAZINE | MARCH 2024


        NEW HIRES                            PROMOTIONS


                          Lansing-based                        Creative agency
                          Peckham Inc.                         Moonsail North
                          has named Tina                       announced
                          Alonzo as its                        that Amariah
                          vice president                       Maurer has been
                          of belonging.                        promoted to
                          The nonprofit                        senior marketing
                          vocational                           strategist. In      Cassar           Rusek
                          rehabilitation                       this role, Maurer
                          organization                         develops                             elected three of
        Alonzo                               Maurer
                          created this                         strategic                            its attorneys as
        new leadership role to strengthen    communications plans focusing on                       shareholders:
        its diversity, equity, inclusion, and   digital and social media channels.                  Michael
        belonging strategy.  Alonzo’s        Maurer is a proud Spartan, having                      A. Cassar,
        DEI experience includes leading      earned her bachelor’s degree in                        Alexander S.
        organizational initiatives for       advertising management and media                       Rusek, and
        more than 7,000 employees with       from Michigan State University.                        Hilary J. Stafford.
        Michigan State University’s office                                                          Both Cassar and
        of the executive vice president for                    Emily Balander      Stafford         Stafford have
        administration.                                        has moved           been with Foster Swift since 2016
                                                               into the role of    when they participated in the firm’s
                                                               facilities manager   summer associate program. Rusek
                                                               at Martin           joined Foster Swift in September
                                                               Commercial          2022 as a member of the general
                                                               Properties. As      litigation group.
                                                               assistant
                                                               property                             The Lansing
                                                               manager for the                      Economic
                                             Balander
                                                               past two-and-                        Development
                                             a-half years, Balander has become                      Corporation has
                                             an integral member of the property                     appointed 
        Phillips          Taylor
                                             management team.                                       Shelley Davis
        Martin Commercial Properties                                                                Boyd, chief
        has added two new leaders to its     APPOINTMENTS                                           strategy officer
        expanding team: Zack Phillips as                                                            at marketing and
        vice president of corporate services                   McLaren             Davis Boyd       branding agency
        and Jayme Taylor as marketing                          Greater Lansing                      M3 Group, as the
        director. Phillips brings a wealth of                  Foundation          new chair of its board of directors.
        experience in sales management                         has welcomed        As board chair, Davis Boyd will work
        and business development, while                        Bill Beekman,       closely with the board members,
        Taylor has a long history in sales,                    vice president      executive team, and community
        marketing, and advertising.                            for strategic       partners to implement strategic
                                                               initiatives at      initiatives to enhance the regional
        Fraser Trebilcock has hired attorney                   Michigan State      economy. In addition to the Lansing
        Danielle Lofton to work primarily in   Beekman         University, to its   EDC board, she will also serve as
        the law firm’s Lansing office. Lofton                  board of trustees   chair of the Lansing Brownfield
        focuses her practice on insurance    for a three-year term. The volunteer   Redevelopment Authority, and the
        defense, representing clients with   board represents the community        Lansing Tax Increment Finance
        personal injury claims, including no-  and business leaders, medical       Authority boards.
        fault cases. She has routinely secured   staff, and hospital leadership, and
        early dismissals through successful   oversees philanthropic initiatives   AWARDS
        motions and negotiated favorable     that support McLaren Greater
        client settlements. Lofton was       Lansing.                              McLaren Greater Lansing nurse
        previously an employment recruiter,                                        Emily Daniels was honored with
        assisting ex-felons in their return to   The shareholders of law firm Foster   the DAISY Award for Extraordinary
        the workplace.                       Swift Collins & Smith, P.C. have      Nurses. The award is part of the

   24
   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28