Tony Dote

Tony Dote is a senior institutional business development representative and a senior client relationship manager at William Blair Investment Management. He focuses on public funds. Before joining the firm in 2024, Tony was a managing director at Lazard Asset Management in New York City. For over forty years, he focused on client service and business development in the public, corporate, and endowments and foundations (E&F) markets. Tony’s experience ranged from working closely with investment consulting firms to managing and growing Lazard’s public funds business, while marketing to and servicing the firm’s largest clients and prospects. Previously, he worked at A.G. Becker & Co. in Chicago, holding several management positions before working as a field consultant. His territory covered New York City to Washington, D.C., working with corporate and public pension funds and E&F clients. Tony currently serves on the advisory committee to the board of directors of the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS). Before that, he served for 20 years on the advisory committees of the National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA) and the National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR). Tony is also a member of the investment committee for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. He received a B.S. in business management from St. Joseph’s College.