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lansingchamber.org                                                                MEMBERS ON THE MOVE



        State University with bachelor’s     A. Gast, Rachel G. Olney and
        and master’s degrees accounting.     Tyler J. Olney have been elected
        Jessica Hengesbach (accounting)      as shareholders entering 2022. All
        and Sammy Schrauben (tax) were       four joined the firm together as
        promoted to managers at the          associates in 2015. Mark DeLuca
        beginning of the new year.           practices from Foster Swift’s
                                             Lansing office as a trusts and
        Associated Builders and              estates practice group member.
        Contractors (ABC) Greater            Taylor Gast practices from the
        Michigan Chapter announces new       firm’s Lansing office. Gast helps
        board of directors leadership for    businesses and organizations
        2022. The incoming officers are      of all sizes and at all stages of
        as follows: Chairman – Jon Lynch,    development grow and solve
        Three Rivers Corporation; Vice       problems. Rachel Olney is a litigator
        Chairman – Kevin Wray, Valley        in the firm’s Southfield office,
        Electrical Contractors; Secretary    where she focuses her practice        program to families with children
        – JoAnn Tanzini, The Tancor          on a broad range of complex           in the Lansing School District.
        Corp; Treasurer – Mike Laundra,      insurance coverage litigation         Lansing Student Accounts Valuing
        Alloy Construction Service, Inc.     matters, including first and third-   Education (SAVE) is a school-
        and Immediate Past Chairman –        party no-fault, insurance defense,    based initiative, free for students
        Shawn Pnacek, Great Lakes Bay        medical malpractice defense,          in the district. The program offers
        Construction. 2022 Directors: Rick   business and commercial litigation,   each kindergartner in the district
        Deneau, A4H Construction; Erick      and mass tort defense cases.          a MSUFCU savings account to
        Forshee, Fisher Companies; Glenn     Tyler Olney focuses his practice      be used for post-high school
        Hengesbach, Albin Hengesbach         in general litigation and workers’    education. It also offers financial
        Carpentry & Custom Cabinets,         compensation defense from the         education from elementary
        Inc; Jason Johnson, J.E. Johnson;    firm’s Southfield office.             through seventh grade classrooms,
        Jeff Kipfmiller, Answer Heating                                            taught by Credit Union employees.
        and Cooling; Ken Misiewicz,          COMPANY NEWS                          MSUFCU partners with the City of
        Pleune Service Company; Brian                                              Lansing, Lansing School District,
        Stadler, Wolgast Corporation;                                              and Capital Area United Way to
        Steve Russell, A/C Electric; Mike                                          offer the Lansing SAVE program,
        Tenniswood, American Plumbing;                                             which runs from December to
        Noah Trombley, Bierlein-Trombley                                           May each school year. For more
        Electric.                                                                  information, visit msufcu.org/
                                                                                   lansingsave.
                          Nate Russell,
                          Russell Builders                                         Lansing Family and Lifestyle
                          has been elected   Local homebuilders had an             Medicine, a new nonprofit clinic
                          as the 2022        amazing impact on our community       and member of the Lansing
                          president of the   through their Toys for Tots           Regional Chamber of Commerce,
                          Home Builders      Campaign. Members of the Home         partnered with the Lansing
                          Association of     Builders Association of Greater       Seventh-Day Adventist Church
                          Greater Lansing    Lansing (HBA) collected/purchased     to pilot the first Renové health
                          (HBA). Russell     10,157 toys this year. HBA Lansing    program. Nearly two dozen
        Russell           Builders has       raised over $28,000 during their      participants from the Lansing
                          been building      campaign. They also had 136           community completed the lifestyle
        superior custom homes for over       donation boxes at 103 locations.      intensive from Oct. 6 through
        40 years throughout the Greater      Last year, the total number of toys   Nov. 11, 2021. During this six-week
        Lansing area. Started by John        distributed through the Salvation     lifestyle transformation program,
        Russell, Nate’s father, in 1977,     Army in our area was roughly          attendees learned and practiced
        Russell Builders is family-owned     30,000 so it is clear their campaign   key principles to improve their
        and operated. Nate brings a wealth   makes a difference.                   physical and mental health.
        of knowledge and expertise to his
        new role as president of the HBA.    MSU Federal Credit Union              After learning their copper phone
                                             (MSUFCU) was pleased to host          lines would be discontinued
        Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C.   a virtual Lansing SAVE night          in December 2021, the Ronald
        attorneys Mark J. DeLuca, Taylor     Nov. 23, 2021, to introduce the       McDonald House of Mid-Michigan

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