Veronica Maldonado-Torres

Veronica Maldonado-Torres is a highly versatile and visionary businesswoman, entrepreneur and community leader. Known as the people and business accelerator, Maldonado-Torres is a seasoned business strategy consultant, trainer and speaker who empowers leaders and businesses to thrive in her role as CEO and founder of VMT Consulting.

A small business champion and supplier diversity advocate, Maldonado-Torres is a catalyst of growth for both small businesses and large corporations, bringing thought-leadership and innovation to the supplier development space. Maldonado-Torres excels at building strategic alliances and fostering win-win relationships between small businesses and corporate America.

For over a decade, she has successfully guided the development and growth of more than 150 firms across multiple industries ranging from $1M-$100M in annual revenue. Having led the Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection (MPC) as Program Director, she has fostered over 131 Fortune 500 corporate relationships, supported the supplier development efforts of more than 41 corporations, as well as created and produced over 85 small- to large-scale business conferences and events including the Georgia Innovation Summit.

Maldonado-Torres brings her entrepreneurial spirit and tenacity, born from over 60 years of generational entrepreneurship on both sides of her family, to the companies she mentors and develops. Through creative business coaching, mentoring, capacity building and corporate connections, Maldonado-Torres enables small businesses to increase sales, secure long-term contracts, and maximize their growth potential by unleashing the value proposition they bring to corporate America. Maldonado-Torres also works directly with large corporations to support, create and implement supplier development programs, diversity and inclusion initiatives, cultural training, executive coaching, and leadership development programs, with a special emphasis on women and multicultural professionals.

Understanding that people are at the heart of business success, Maldonado-Torres empowers CEOs, executives and professionals through mentorship and coaching, equipping them to navigate their corporate culture, develop as leaders, own their authentic brand and define their life’s vision in order to achieve personal and professional success.