Derrick Mayes, Co-Founder

Derrick B. Mayes is Co-Founder at Bonaventure Equity, LLC. Most recent, Mayes was Vice President of WME/IMG (now Endeavor/Learfield/IMG College), where he championed a strategic advisory division for nearly a decade. Prior to that, Mr. Mayes was the Chief Executive Officer of ExecutiveAction Sports & Entertainment, serving as a strategic advisor to high profile individuals and organizations in the sports and entertainment industry, from 2007 to 2015. Mr. Mayes has over 18 years of extensive experience in strategic planning, enterprise development, and risk mitigation.  

In 2019, Mayes was appointed to the prestigious Board of Patrick Industries, Inc (PATK). In doing so, he became one of the youngest African American board members to represent an S&P 500 index corporation.  Additionally, Mayes sits as a Director of the Notre Dame Monogram Board, and has been since 2018.  A coveted leadership and diversity speaker to public companies as well as private organizations. 

Member of the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame, Indiana Football Hall of Fame, and North Central High School Hall of Fame, Mayes’ athletic talents yielded a historic college career as an All-American, All-time leading receiver, 2-timeTeam MVP, and Sr. Captain at the University of Notre Dame.  His successful collegiate tenure catapulted Mayes into the NFL as a 2nd round draft pick to the legendary Green Bay Packers. In just his rookie season, Mayes became a Super Bowl XXXI Champion.  Five years later, Mayes retired with the Seattle Seahawks; Two teams, but all under the Hall of Fame Coach Mike Holmgren.  

Derrick holds a Bachelor’s degree from University of Notre Dame, and Corporate Governance Certificate from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.

Husband, and father of one, Mayes and his wife are founding parents of City Language Immersion Charter School in Los Angeles, California https://www.citycharterschools.org/CLIC/ .