Vicki Lopez

Vicki L. Lopez is the founder of VLL Consulting LLC, a consulting firm specializing in federal, state and local
government affairs across all industry sectors, public affairs and strategic communications, community
relations, nonprofit consulting, advocacy training, and leadership and board development. The firm also
offers a variety of corporate and personal wellbeing practices including life/executive coaching, mindfulness
techniques, self-awareness training and Primordial Sound Meditation instruction.

Ms. Lopez is a well-respected authority in government and community relations. Her expertise includes
education, underserved communities, healthcare, affordable housing, and criminal and juvenile justice
issues.

Ms. Lopez has considerable experience in the areas of public policy, research and analysis, media and public
relations, public speaking, government and community relations, public affairs, advocacy, communications,
consensus and team building, fundraising, finance, accounting, budgeting, strategic planning, training and
development, management, and administration.

Ms. Lopez has been engaged in public service for the last 30 years. She is a former Lee County, Florida
Commissioner and has also received several gubernatorial appointments from Florida Governors Bush, Crist
and Scott and the Florida Senate specializing in education, prisoner reentry and criminal and juvenile justice
reform. As a result, she has been invited throughout the country to participate and present her experience
and expertise to a wide variety of audiences in different venues.

Ms. Lopez is also a Chopra Center Certified Primordial Sound Meditation instructor and life coach. She
works with individuals to identify their specific goals, strengths, and areas of opportunity and provide them
with proven strategies and customized action plans that result in improved communications skills, increased
self-esteem, enhanced relationships, better work/life balance, and less stress. She also works with
corporations and businesses to provide mediation instruction in the workplace and conducts group and
individual mediation related workshops.

Ms. Lopez is also a Martha Beck Wayfinder Coach-in-Training. She works with individuals to identify their
specific goals, strengths and areas of opportunity and provide them with proven strategies and customized
action plans that result in improved communications skills, increased self-esteem, enhanced relationships,
better work/life balance, and less stress

Ms. Lopez is an alumna of Leadership Florida, Leadership Miami and Leadership Lee County. She is a
member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and serves on the
Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee. She also serves as the Sustainer Advisor on the Board of
Directors of the Junior Leagues of Florida Statewide Public Affairs Committee and is a member of the Board
of Directors of the Women’s Fund Miami-Dade. She is a graduate from the University of Notre Dame where
she earned a BBA degree in Accounting.

Ms. Lopez is also a recognized motivational speaker who has been invited to speak on a number of topics in
a variety of different settings. For further information, please contact her at 305-216-7794 (cell) or
vllconsulting@icloud.com.