About Womack Consulting Group

LaKesha Womack founded Womack Consulting Group in 2005. After speaking with a friend who was interning for a top-five consulting firm, she realized that many small business owners lacked access to consultants with the capacity to assist them with operating more efficiently. Using the skills that she attained while working as a Financial Adviser, Retail Store Manager, and Restaurant Trainer, LaKesha recognized that the products/services that each business offers differ, but all businesses require sound human resource policies, strong accounting practices, and documented policies and procedures to be successful.

Womack Consulting Group has worked with clients across the globe in various industries, including technology, publishing, retail, transportation, politics, and media. The firm listens to each cl’ needs to understand their objectives and creates a customized strategic plan to achieve their goals. Through regular strategy sessions, clients are held accountable for doing the work on their business while relying on the expertise of Womack Consulting Group to guide their decision-making.

LaKesha Womack is the Owner and Lead Consultant with Womack Consulting Group. Since 2005, the firm has provided Brand Management, Leadership Training, Strategic Planning, and Political Consulting to professionals, not-for-profit organizations, churches, colleges/universities, and businesses worldwide through retreats, seminars, and one-on-one consultations. 

She has been a business strategy presenter for numerous Chambers of Commerce and professional organizations, including an Executive Coach for the Black Enterprise Entrepreneur’s Conference and the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit. In addition to providing growth strategies for organizations, LaKesha works with newly formed teams, fractured teams, and boards of directors to teach leadership and professional development strategies that enhance communication, increase emotional intelligence, and improve organizational effectiveness. 

LaKesha is the founder of #RethinkingChurch Strategies LLC, a global social impact community of religious thought leaders sharing ministry and disciple-making resources and research. As the President of Ministry Matters Media Services LLC, a full-service digital media agency, LaKesha, and her team work with clients to develop profitable brand strategies. Additionally, she is the President of the Black Seed Network, a community curated to support Black business owners, editor-in-chief of the Ministry Matters Magazine, and an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Her latest venture is the thrive Creative Co-Working Community, a project comprising Studio 2005 and Evolution. Studio 2005 will be a 35,000-square-foot film and production studio. Evolution will be a five-story, 35,000-square-foot building that will house an art gallery, co-working studio spaces, creative office spaces for rent, a restaurant featuring a monthly chef in residence, and a rooftop area.

As a former licensed financial advisor, LaKesha is passionate about advocating for the economic empowerment of Black communities and the creation of generational wealth. She has a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and is a graduate of the Campaign School at Yale University. She has completed the Organizing for Action Community Engagement Fellowship, the Meta (Facebook) Community Accelerator Cohort, the Fearless Fund Foundation’s Get Venture Ready Cohort, where she won second place in their pitch competition, the Mecklenburg County (North Carolina) Business Launchpad Cohort, the Charlotte (North Carolina) Civic Leadership Academy, and the Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women Black in Business Cohort. She is a member of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference’s Micah Cohort, the Faith in Action inaugural Multi Faith Solidarity Cohort, the Black Churches for Digital Equity Fellowship, and the LaunchCLT Co.Starters cohort.

LaKesha contributed more than forty business tips to their Expert Panel forum as a Forbes Coaches Council member. She is a founding member of the Newsweek Expert Forum, contributing articles on leadership and business trends. She is the published author of 20 books and host of the Courageous Conversations podcast. She has been featured in numerous publications and interviews, providing financial literacy tips, business advice, and community engagement strategies.