
Donaven Tennyson
5.0
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Studied at The Wharton School (UPenn)
Worked at McKinsey & Company
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Available tomorrow at 10:00 PM UTC
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About Donaven
I’m a former McKinsey consultant and current Wharton MBA (Class of 2026) with experience across private equity due diligence, strategy, and technology-driven transformation. Over my career, I’ve worked on 20+ PE and growth engagements, partnering with investors and operators to make high-stakes decisions under tight timelines. I’ve navigated competitive recruiting processes across consulting, finance, and business school, and I know firsthand how opaque and stressful these paths can feel without the right guidance. Today, I work with ambitious students and early-career professionals who want clear strategy, honest feedback, and a structured plan to reach their goals-whether that’s top MBA programs, consulting, PE, or strategy roles. My coaching style is practical, direct, and outcome-oriented. I focus on helping clients sharpen their story, make better decisions faster, and compete with confidence in high-pressure environments.
Why do I coach?
I coach because I’ve seen how transformative the right guidance can be at inflection points-and how costly it can be without it. Throughout my journey, strong mentors helped me see around corners: how to position my background, how to prioritize opportunities, and how to stay grounded when stakes were high. At the same time, I learned many lessons the hard way-through rejection, ambiguity, and moments where clearer direction would have changed outcomes. Coaching allows me to pay that forward. I enjoy helping people cut through noise, build conviction in their decisions, and realize they’re often closer to their goals than they think. The most rewarding part is watching clients move from uncertainty to clarity-and then execute with confidence.
Work Experience
AI Strategy Lead
Sana Labs
May 2025 - Present

Consultant
McKinsey & Company
2022 - May 2025
Sports investing (Internship)
Arctos
2022 - 2022
Board of Directors
Make A Play Foundation
2019 - 2022
Student Athlete
University of Richmond
2020 - 2021
Student Athlete
Vanderbilt University
June 2016 - May 2020
Education

The Wharton School (UPenn)
MBA, Finance
2025 - 2027
I am a current student

University of Richmond
Master's Degree, HRM, Managerial Studies
2020 - 2021
Vanderbilt University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business & Corporate Strategy
2016 - 2020
Activities and societies: Member and Spring '18 initiate of: The Nu Rho Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. Varsity Football Player for Vanderbilt University Member of: Alpha Phi Omega - nation's largest service fraternity (co-educational).
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Overall Rating
5.0
Donaven has helped Leland clients get into Accenture