Sponsorship Opportunities

For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Matt Valant at (313) 963-8547 or mvalant@econclub.org.

Annual sponsorship

Looking to get more than one person from your organization engaged? Join the 100+ annual sponsors who receive access to premier networking and national thought leaders. Each term runs a full calendar year from the date you commit.

Benefits Include:

Gold Memberships: Gold membership gains unparalleled access to valuable networks and opportunities with regional and global leaders. Utilize the additional benefits to enhance your professional standing and connect with influential figures.
Regular Memberships: Regular membership provides opportunities to forge new business relationships, gain exclusive access to member-only meetings with influential speakers, and enjoy a range of additional benefits.
Young Leader Memberships: Under 40? A Young Leader membership includes all the regular DEC member benefits, along with access to programs designed to promote professional growth, personal development, and valuable connections across the region.
Meeting Tickets: Depending on your strategy, use your complimentary tickets to bring colleagues, customers, and prospects. Additional tickets can be purchased at the membership rate.
Priority Seating: Sponsors enjoy preferential seating at DEC meetings.
Logo Exposure: Logos are displayed on the DEC website and at each meeting in the Sponsor Brochure.
Student Table Tickets: Groups of high school and college students are invited to each DEC meeting, where they will engage in Q&A with DEC speakers at a private Student Reception and experience real-world business and networking settings. Your contribution underwrites the student table fee. For your contribution, sponsors receive an invitation to the Student Reception, a group photo with the students and speaker(s) to promote your community engagement, special recognition from the podium, and table signage.

Signature Event Sponsorship

Chair's Dinner

The Chair’s Dinner is the Club’s annual fundraiser, hosted every summer by the DEC’s Board Chair. The evening’s festivities include a reception, dinner, and silent auction. This fundraiser is always a lively night enjoyed by all.

Sponsor benefits include tickets, signage, and exclusive networking invitations.

Packages range from $5,000 to $50,000.

2025 Chair’s Dinner Sponsorship Matrix >>

YOUNG LEADER CONFERENCE

Held each fall in Detroit, the Young Leader Conference is a professional development event specifically designed by Young Leaders for Young Leaders (under 40 years of age).

Attendees experience powerful keynotes, impactful breakout sessions and extensive networking throughout the day. DEC Board Members and conference sponsors are invited to attend the afterglow at the end of the Conference.

Sponsor benefits include tickets, signage, and afterglow invitations.

Packages range from $2,500 to $25,000.

2025 YLC Sponsorship Matrix >>

SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP

Student Table @ DEC Meeting

Groups of high school and college students are invited to each DEC meeting, where they will engage in Q&A with DEC speakers at a private Student Reception and experience real-world business and networking settings.

Individuals or organizations may sponsor a student table of 10 at a DEC meeting for a tax-deductible donation of $550.

For your contribution, sponsors receive an invitation to the Student Reception, a group photo with the students and speaker(s) to promote your community engagement, special recognition from the podium, and table signage.

Career Readiness Academy School

The DEC’s Career Readiness Academy (CRA) is a six-month program designed to teach career readiness skills to high school students throughout S.E. Michigan.

Individuals or organizations may sponsor a participating high school for a tax-deductible donation of $1,000.

For their contribution, sponsors are invited to participate as guests at one of their sponsored schools’ sessions and receive one (1) ticket to “graduation” held at a spring DEC meeting.

Interested in learning more?

Contact Matt Valant to discuss sponsorship opportunities.