Donté has over two decades of event, sponsorship and sports research experience and has worked with some of the biggest sports, brands, agencies and media organizations including MLB, NBA, NFL, Anheuser-Busch, General Motors, CAA, Genesco, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated. In 2014, as head of sponsorship research and analytic at Jack Morton Worldwide, Donte’ received the Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 award for his distinguished sports marketing effectiveness and research work. When he is not working on client solutions, you can find him in bleachers or the sidelines of a high school or youth football, basketball, baseball, track and field or golf event watching his six athletic kids compete. He and his family have been active volunteers with NorthRidge Church and have supported humanitarian and disaster relief efforts around the world with Athletes in Action, Samaritan’s Purse and World Vision.
Donté is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a two-time varsity basketball letterwinner where he walked on and won the Inaugural Big Ten Tournament Championship. He is the last “Michigan Man” to score a collegiate basket (in a win over archrival OSU) at St. John Arena and has continued on as a season ticketholder long after his playing days ended in the late ‘90s.