Delanté Spencer Thomas serves as the Chief Ethics Officer for the City of Cleveland where he provides advice, counsel, and training to the Mayor and a city workforce of over 8,000 employees with regard to Ohio Ethics Law. Prior to joining City leadership, Delanté spent five years as Deputy Inspector General and Ethics Counsel for the Cuyahoga County Agency of Inspector General; two years as the Director of JD Advantage Advising & Outreach at Case Western Reserve University School of Law; and since 2017, manages a private practice - LMP Solutions, LLC - a legal consulting and event planning firm dedicated to housing law, Ohio ethics law, organizational development, and small business consulting.
In addition to leading the NSMBA, Delanté serves on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee for the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association, where he also has co-chaired the Alumni Recognition Luncheon, Minority Outreach, and PR/Communications commttees. Delanté also serves on the board of directors for the Cleveland State University Alumni Association, the Towards Employment Young Professionals Board, the CMBA Council on Conscious Inclusion, and is an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Housing Law) and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (Bar Exam Strategies & Tactics). Prior to becoming NSMBA president, Delanté served as First Vice President, Second Vice President, and Co-Chair of the NSMBA Citywide Mentoring Program.
Delanté earned his Juris Doctor degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law where he served as President of the Black Law Students Association, Student Bar Association Senator, and sat on the law school's Admissions Committee, Dean's Diversity Council, and Minority Outreach Committee. Delanté also hold two masters degrees, one in labor relations and human resources from Cleveland State University, and the other in public relations from Syracuse University. He earned a bachlor's degree in sport management from Syracuse University.
In 2021, Delanté was featured in Crain's Cleveland Business' 40 Under 40. In 2020 he received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from the Black Law Students Association and in 2019, was recognized in Who's Who in Black Cleveland. Delanté is a native of East Cleveland, Ohio and is a proud Shaw High School graduate.
