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IMPACT Podcast Series
Welcome to the IMPACT Women in Leadership podcast! This is the place where we celebrate the stories, insights, and achievements of strong female leaders from a wide range of industries. Our mission is to highlight the incredible impact women are making in business, technology, government, and beyond, providing inspiration and guidance to anyone aspiring to lead with courage and purpose.
On the IMPACT Women in Leadership podcast, Mary Ann Brown invites you to join her to explore the journeys of remarkable women, uncovering their stories of success, resilience, and vision. Through engaging interviews and insightful discussions, Mary Ann aims to bring you the best in leadership advice and inspiration from women who are leading the way. Let’s celebrate their impact together.
IMPACT Podcast Series
A Strategic Plan For Leadership with Melanie Cook
Melanie Cook is the CEO and Founder of Veritas Management Group (VMG). Melanie is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to VMG while driving company growth. Let's dig into what makes Melanie such a success.
Melanie Cook
CEO and Founder
Veritas Management Group (VMG)
Over the past 20 years, Melanie has served as a corporate attorney, management consultant, and business development executive. Melanie’s impressive resume includes roles with a Wall Street investment bank, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and an IT consulting firm.
Melanie coauthored Business Success Secrets, an honest, raw, and real look at some of the best-kept entrepreneurial secrets. Her chapter in the book, “From ADD to Harvard,” chronicles her courageous journey and her challenges.
She supports diversity, equity, and neuroinclusion in the workplace, and is close to the world of learning disabilities and a role model to those struggling in the academic and business environments.
Melanie holds degrees from Spelman College and Harvard Law School and is active in the Atlanta business community.
Veritas Management Group (VMG)
VMG is a leading management consulting firm serving government and commercial sector organizations, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations, domestically and globally. VMG employs 90+ employees in 19 US states and 10 global locations. VMG’s core services include Research and Evaluation, Health Equity, Global Health, I.T., Data Analytics, Military Support, and more. In 2023, Melanie and VMG acquired ASAP Talent Services, a leading I.T. Executive Search Firm.