Mark W. Yonkman
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Michigan Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and approve or reject many of the governor's appointments. A term is four years, with a limit of 12 years total in the Legislature.
- Current office
- Township Board of Review member
- Occupation
- Farmer; retired bank executive and attorney
- Lives in
- Boon
Background
- Describes Yonkman as a sixth-generation farmer who returned to the family farm. source: natlawreview.com
- Practiced corporate and securities law at Pepper Hamilton in Philadelphia. source: natlawreview.com
- Worked at Comerica Bank, ending as General Counsel - Corporate Finance, then served as General Counsel & Secretary and head of Compliance at M&T Bank; since retired from banking. source: natlawreview.com
- Attended Kalamazoo College and law school. source: natlawreview.com
- Serves on the county Farm Bureau board, chairing its Policy Development Committee, and on the local township Board of Review. source: natlawreview.com
In their own words
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- Agriculture and rural Michigan source: natlawreview.com
- Energy, including a plan to rebuild electrical grid resiliency source: natlawreview.com
- Government efficiency source: natlawreview.com
- Education source: natlawreview.com
- Defense and resilience source: natlawreview.com
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