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Amy Bakker Baty - Director of Planned Giving Services

Amy joins Steve Baker in our Michigan office  after being in private practice for 17 years. Amy is a graduate of Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, with a Bachelors of Business Administration degree and University of Illinois College of Law with a Juris Doctorate. Most recently she has been a partner in the firm of McNeil, Karafa, Baty & Saunders, LLP, Grand Haven, Michigan where she focused her practice on estate planning and probate administration. She is joining Barnabas Foundation because of a strong passion to use her legal skills in an organization where she can be more focused on work that has a Kingdom impact.

 
Bob Zeilenga - Senior Estate Planner
Bob specialized in tax and estate-planning during his 17 years of law practice in California. He was a partner in a law firm that focused mainly on tax and estate planning matters. His professional services included participation in the trust and probate section of the San Luis Obispo County Bar Association. Bob's specialization in Estate Planning, Trust Administration and Tax Planning produced charitable giving plans for many clients which benefited major Christian organizations. He joined Barnabas Foundation in 1995 as an estate planner and later served as Director of Planned Giving Services. Bob has a B.A. degree from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI and received his law degree from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, CA. He manages the foundation's California office.

 
Steven J. Baker - Senior Estate Planner
Steve practiced law in Michigan for 5½ years before joining the Grand Rapids office of Barnabas Foundation in 1995. He specialized in Taxation and Benefits Law and estate planning in the law firms of Paramenter O'Toole and Thomas H. Andrews, both in Muskegon. Steve holds a B.A. from Calvin College in Grand Rapids and a degree from the University of Detroit Law School, where he was an editor of the U. of D. Law Review. He serves on the board of the Muskegon Christian School Educational Foundation. Steve manages the Michigan office of Barnabas Foundation.

 
Don Long - Estate Planner
Prior to joining Barnabas Foundation, Don concentrated on estate planning and business succession matters during the last 6 years of his 27 years as a practicing attorney. As a solo practitioner in Minneapolis since 1991, he described himself as "a planner, a protector and a preserver." Don holds a B.A. degree from Minnesota State University in Mankato and earned a Juris Doctorate at Hamline University of Law in St. Paul, MN. He is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association. He's served on boards of the Wayzata Community Foundation, Greater Wayzata Chamber of Commerce, Christian Legal Society of Minnesota and has served as a volunteer for Twin Cities Christian Legal Aid and Prison Fellowship Ministries. Don provides estate planning services from his office in Minneapolis.


 
Dave Vander Ploeg - Estate Planner
During his 26 years of law practice in St. Joseph, Michigan, Dave specialized in the acquisition and sale of companies, as well as tax and estate planning. He then served five years as Executive Director of Back to God Ministries International in Palos Heights, IL. As a founder and later Executive Director of Barnabas Foundation for seven years, Dave is totally familiar with and committed to its ministry. He has a B.A. degree from Michigan State University and a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Dave has served on a number of corporate boards and professional committees as well as contributing to the boards of charitable Christian organizations.

 
 
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