VDG Strategies provides operational solutions, high level thought partnership, and strategic financial management to small and mid-sized businesses.

For many small and mid-sized companies, a full-time CFO or CHRO is not only unnecessary, it’s also unaffordable.

However, investing in your business isn’t limited to inventory, tools, or even software. It can also mean investing in partnerships that ensure the viability and the longevity of your business. Partnerships like part time CFOs or strategic advisors that can bridge gaps you didn’t even know existed.

Our goal at VDG Strategies is to be a one-stop shop for many of those partnerships.

Whether you just started a business and don’t know where to begin or you’ve been operating your firm for decades, VDG can ease the burden of business ownership.

Meet the Founder:

After receiving her MBA from the University of Florida (go Gators!), Laura worked as a relationship manager for a large national bank, focusing on the middle market which is home to companies with an annual revenue between $20M and $2B. Her primary role included pitching, negotiating, and managing complex financial relationships with a variety of companies in industries such as apparel, manufacturing, financial services, and investor real estate.

A few years ago, Laura decided to get back to what she enjoys best: small and mid-sized business (smaller revenues but bigger impact). She has spent the last few years as both VP of Growth and CRO to a family of companies focused on real estate management. In that capacity, she worked on everything from acquisitions and investment strategies to multi-faced digital campaigns aimed at maximizing each business unit’s industry expertise for sales and business development.

Laura now enjoys working as a business consultant leveraging this experience to benefit many exceptional companies in the DMV and beyond. She is the volunteer financial advisor to the National Board for the birdSEED Foundation - a housing justice program offering no-strings-attached downpayment grants for first time BIPOC homebuyers. Currently, birdSEED grants are available in the D.C. and Philadelphia markets with plans to expand nationally. Laura currently lives in Frederick, MD with her fiancé and golden retriever, Jackson.

  • Contact: laura@vdgstrategies.com