VPI Firm team members collaborating.

Who We Are

We’re experts in helping leaders navigate complex challenges.

Our Vision

Together, we’re charting the course for courageous innovation.

We aim to create a world where emergent communities are full, vibrant, and self-reliant.

We are missioned to partner with uncompromising visionaries to design strategies that center equity and resilience bringing a fresh, bold, and grounded approach to social transformation.

Our Core Values

Curiosity

An intentional approach to pause, reflect, and choose a perspective that allows us to move forward with an open heart and open mind to uncover what else is possible.

Deep Listening

We practice a form of listening that goes beyond gesture, ensuring people feel seen, heard, valued, and transformed in every interaction.

 We-Go Over Ego

We understand collaboration as a mutual choice, and an honor, to labor collectively towards our goals. As comrades in social impact we stand united as a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Moving forward, together, embracing our power as a collective.

 Limitless Learning

We recognize that the most profound lessons emerge from experiences, so we embrace an infinite journey of learning and draw wisdom from our research, firsthand experiences, and the encounters shared with others.

Candace Chance, founder of The VPI Firm smiling on a couch.

Our Story

With a decade of experience in the social and economic impact space, our founder, Candace Chance, recognized the need to support leaders who are doing the heavy lifting of innovation and transformation in their communities and industries .

The VPI Firm became her bridge to empower impact-driven individuals to overcome challenges and succeed in leading the change they envisioned.

Now, VPI is a key resource for ambitious and imaginative leaders, teams, and organizations creating sustainable change across multiple industries.

Our Team

  • Candace Chance

    Founder, CEO

  • Tracey Cunningham

    COO

  • Kim Walker

    CFO

  • Kijaffa Hall

    Project Manager

  • Jonathan Chance

    Social Emotional Learning Facilitator

  • Sharita Slayton

    Community Engagement Specialist

  • Bea Cantos

    Executive Assistant

  • Kara Parangan

    Kara Parangan

    Executive Assistant

Our Partners

We tap into a diverse network of collaborators to expand our reach and enrich our expertise, ensuring tailor-made solutions that address the unique needs of every individual and organization we serve.