The Challenge
It’s Zizzo Group Engagement Marketing’s 9th Annual Donut Smackdown sponsored by DonutNV. This city-wide event brings together Milwaukee’s top business leaders for a fun, fierce competition and sugar-fueled showdown. Donut Smackdown contestants are stepping up to the plate to chow down as many DonutNV mini donuts as quickly as they can and raise $100,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee (BGCGM) members. Join us and see who wins the coveted titles of 2025 Donut Smackdown Champions, which will be crowned this year by Wisconsin legend and Super Bowl Champion Donald Driver.
2025 Donut Smackdown Contestants
Meet the 2025 Donut Smackdown teams. Each team ate as many mini donuts as they could in two minutes, with the hopes of finishing in the top three, and earning a chance to be crowned the 2025 Donut Smackdown Champions on Thursday, November 20th at 3 p.m.
In addition, each contestant is raising some dough for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee (BGCGM). To dough-nate, click on the participant’s name below.
Join Us
THURS., NOV. 20, 2025 at 3 p.m.
We are hosting a community-wide LIVE Donut Smackdown viewing party and celebration. Please join us and bring an unwrapped toy for youth aged 3-18 for the BGCGM holiday gift drive. Come see the competition and the reveal where Super Bowl champion Donald Driver crowns the award winners!
Oriental Theatre
2230 North Farwell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Mark Your Calendar!
Milwaukee Needs Club Kids.
Club Kids Need Us.
BGCGM provides a safe place for kids after school, hot meals, mentors, and programs that help Milwaukee’s youth succeed in school, build character, and lead healthy, fulfilling lives. This year, our goal is to raise $100,000 to replace the Daniels Mardak Boys & Girls Club gym floor that was devastated by the August floods. This gym is the heart of the Club, where more than 200 kids play, grow, and connect every day. With your support, we can restore it and give Club members back their safe, vibrant gym.
2025 Donut Smackdown Champions
Donut Eating Champions
Brian Rutkowski
Vice President and General Manager
Wisconsin Center District
Brandon Anderson
Asst Chief Electrician
Wisconsin Center District
Drew Dawson
Comms and PR Manager
Wisconsin Center District
78 Donuts
Johnny Zizzo
Account Director
Zizzo Group
Kelly Sullivan
Revenue & Strategy Lead
Gardner Builders
Sean Sample
Senior Project Manager
Gardner Builders
65 Donuts
Hannah Kitzerow
Director of Festivals & Community Engagement
Saz's Hospitality Group
Curt Kluth
SHG Partner
Saz's Hospitality Group
Joe Seeby
Director of Festivals
Saz's Hospitality Group
58 Donuts
Fundraising Champions
Alice Ambrowiak
Senior Vice President
Baird Advisors
George Wong
Vice President
Baird Advisors
Erik Schleicher
Managing Director
Baird Advisors
$54,630.35
Kyle Ashley
Director of Community Outreach
Milwaukee County
Isaac Rowlett
Strategy Director
Milwaukee County
Chauntel Forbes
Principal Strategist
The PowHER Network
$23,989.26
Andrew Wronski
Managing Partner, Milwaukee
Foley & Lardner LLP
Nick Welle
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP
Kris Szatmary
Senior Project Manager -- Technology
Foley & Lardner LLP
$14,142.17