At Friday’s Rotary Club of Lansing Annual Meeting, Dean Sienko was announced as the President Elect Nominee and will become President Elect on July 1, 2022. Please read the information below to get to know Dean.
• Dean Sienko has been a member of Lansing Rotary for 30 years. He has served on committees including the Club Board of Directors. Dean is a public health physician who has worked in local, state, national and international public health. He was an Associate Dean at the MSU College of Human Medicine. His last job was as the Vice President for Health at The Carter Center in Atlanta. He also had a three-decades long career as a U.S. Army Officer achieving the rank of Major General. Dean is enjoying retirement with Mary Jean, his wife of 37 years. Mary Jean and Dean have three adult children--Carolyn, a RN in Wisconsin; Peter, a medical student at the University of Michigan; and Michael, a 1st lieutenant in the Army. Mary Jean and Dean enjoy spending time with their family (including Ozzie their standard poodle) and traveling to interesting places around the globe.Also during Friday’s meeting, Club members elected three Directors-Elect to join the Board on July 1, 2022. Thank you to Dan Alyward, Nicole Baumer and Casey Jacobsen for their service to the Club. See below for more information about our new board members.
• Dan Aylward is a Principal Consultant and founder of Abilita Telecom Consultants. He has worked from home since 2004 (and loves it) which has allowed much flexibility with family. Dan is married to Lisa and have 5 kids from college to elementary school ages. He also has a golden retriever who turned him into a dog lover! Dan has served on the Lansing Rotary Foundation board for 5 years, as a deacon in his church, volunteered with Christian nonprofit organizations and currently coaches youth soccer. He wants to give to others since he’s been blessed very much from the Lord.
• Nicole Baumer serves as Deputy Director at the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission, working to improve transportation, foster economic prosperity, and protect natural resources throughout Greater Lansing. She is passionate about cultivating vibrant, thriving, and sustainable communities and her diverse experience in both nonprofit and government industries has nurtured a unique variety of strengths, including public planning, regulatory and public policy, partnership building, and outreach and communication strategy development. Nicole volunteers with her church’s youth group and frequents Home Goods in her spare time. She is a go-getter, zealous Spartan, community advocate, and an Oxford comma enthusiast.
• Casey Jacobsen is a Business Marketing Representative for LaFontaine Automotive Group. She has been bringing the mission statement of LaFontaine to the Lansing area, which is to build lifelong relationships that connect families, strengthen communities and personalize the automotive experience. She has always had a servant’s heart; serving God, her family and those around her, that she feels incredibly blessed to have a career that allows her to continue to serve daily. She is a Michigander, a Mom of two amazing adult children and a momma to one yellow, furry, cuddly dog. She wakes up each and every day thankful for what the good Lord has given her.