house resolution no.424

The Speaker, on behalf of the entire membership of the House of Representatives, offered the following resolution:

A resolution of tribute for the Honorable Donna Lasinski.

Whereas, We now take this opportunity to recognize and thank the Honorable Donna Lasinski   s dedicated service to this chamber as the Representative for the Fifty-second District. Since assuming office in 2017, Representative Lasinksi has honorably served not only her constituents in Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester, Saline, and Whitmore Lake, but all of Michigan's citizens. In her capacity as the House Minority Leader during her final term, Representative Lasinski brought great dedication and leadership to this legislative body; and

Whereas, Representative Lasinski holds a bachelor   s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan as well as a master   s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. Before her election to the legislature, Representative Lasinski led a distinguished career as an advocate and leader in Michigan   s education sector, serving at different times as the treasurer of the Ann Arbor School Board, director on the Washtenaw County Association of School Boards, leader of the Education Millage Team, parent liaison for the Great Start Collaborate for Early Childhood in Washtenaw County, and the interim director for Success by Six, also in Washtenaw County. Representative Lasinski is also the founder of ThinkStretch, LLC, a company which served schools across thirty-eight different states developing summer learning programs for early k-12 students. Representative Lasinski is the wife to her husband, Mike, and mother to her three sons: Alec, Nate, and Jack; and

Whereas, Before serving her third and final term as the House Minority Leader, Representative Lasinski served as the minority vice chair of both the Energy Policy and Energy Committees as well as a member of the Communications and Technology, Insurance, and Tax Policy Committees. While in office, she proudly championed an initiative alongside the Governor to provide funding for all four-year-old children in the state to receive preschool education in addition to spearheading historic efforts to initiate and expand program funding for Michigan students at all levels of education throughout the state. Furthermore, Representative Lasinski championed the creation of new economic development tools that generated thousands of high-paying jobs and billions of dollars of investments in Michigan; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we offer this sincere expression of gratitude to the Honorable Donna Lasinski for her commendable service to this chamber and the people of the State of Michigan; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to Representative Lasinski as evidence of our deepest thanks and best wishes.