MEET BRIAN DANIELS

Brian Daniels grew up in the Churchill Downs neighborhood in Lansing. After high school, Brian joined the U.S. Army, and was deployed to Iraq in 2005. In November of that year, he was in a vehicle that struck an IED, where he was the lone survivor.

After returning from Iraq, Brian studied at Lansing Community College and the American Academy of Personal Training. Through his passion for fitness, Brian was able to help alleviate the effects of PTSD from his time serving overseas. That’s why he ultimately decided to invest in our community by opening emPOWer Lansing, a boxing gym and fitness studio on Michigan Avenue.

Now that he’s built a successful small business in Lansing, he wants to further his service to the community as an elected leader on Lansing City Council by creating trust in local government, and providing real solutions to problems that affect us all.