Meet the Team
Kinga Canike
Kinga is the director of the Traffic Safety Training Program and has been a Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor with PAAM since 2014. Since joining PAAM, she has trained thousands of officers and prosecutors in traffic safety. Kinga started her prosecution career with the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in 2004 and spent the next 10 years working as a trial prosecutor on the front lines. She handled hundreds of impaired driving cases and became one of the office’s “go-to” resources on OWI issues. Kinga also spent several years in the General Trial Unit, where she cycled through various felony trial courtrooms at Third Circuit Court and was responsible for handling all the felony cases in that courtroom. “General trial” cases involved felony assaults, carjackings, robberies, drug possession/delivery, and weapons charges. Kinga also spent several years in the Child Abuse Unit of the Special Victims Unit. There she was responsible for vertically prosecuting child physical and sexual abuse cases. Kinga has undergone extensive drugged driving trainings including the Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement and went through the Drug Recognition Expert School in 2016. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Michigan State University and a law degree from Wayne State University Law School.
Eric Wanink
In April 2024, Eric Wanink joined the TSTP team as the newest Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor for PAAM. Eric spent 21 years with the Tuscola County Prosecutor’s Office. Coming from a small office, he gained a variety of experience conducting jury trials concerning everything from routine OWI cases to complex Criminal Enterprise cases. Eric graduated from Alma College in 1998 and attended Thomas Cooley Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctorate in 2001. He began his career clerking for the Honorable Allen J. Nelson, where he served until 2003, when he accepted a position as an assistant prosecuting attorney with Tuscola County. He was promoted to Chief Assistant Prosecutor in 2009. Eric handled a variety of cases in Family Court, District Court, and Circuit Court. He specialized in fraud cases, drug cases, arson, assault, homicide, breaking and entering and drunk driving. He took over asset forfeiture in the office in 2007 and served as a member of the local narcotics team administrative board for several years. Eric has served on a variety of committees over the years, including the PAAM Drug Initiatives Committee and, recently, had been acting as a PAAM trainer, having conducted numerous asset forfeiture trainings and felony trial practice trainings. He has also presented for a number of years at the annual Drug Initiatives Conference, held every year in July.
Amy Gronowski
Ms. Gronowski has been with PAAM since 2010. In 2012, she became the TSTP conference coordinator. Ms. Gronowski is responsible for scheduling and coordinating all TSTP trainings, whether in person or virtual. She is very detail-oriented and makes sure all TSTP trainings run smoothly from start to finish. She is an integral part of the unit.