About us

Built around people. Designed for purpose.

The VSS Group combines community engagement, program development, education, partnerships, and creativity to help organizations bring meaningful ideas to life.

Our perspective

When the audience matters, the approach should too.

Strong engagement begins with listening, understanding the setting, and creating solutions that respect the people they are meant to serve.

Our work is informed by professional experience in community and family engagement, workforce development, organizational leadership, educational programming, and cross-sector partnerships.

We prioritize practical design, clear objectives, thoughtful collaboration, and materials people can actually use.

Employees participating in a facilitated training meeting using interactive activity worksheets
Our guiding principles
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Educate.

Make learning useful, accessible, and relevant.

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Motivate.

Inspire participation, confidence, curiosity, and action.

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Connect.

Support meaningful relationships between organizations and communities.

LET'S EXPLORE

Have a goal, idea, or audience you'd like to reach?

Tell us what you're envisioning. We'll explore how to turn it into a meaningful engagement experience.

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Our leadership

Meet our Principal Consultant

Vicki Sylvain, MPA

Principal Consultant, The VSS Group, LLC
Founder, Reading Worldwide

Vicki Sylvain is a community engagement and program development leader whose experience spans nonprofit leadership, education, workforce development, strategic partnerships, and community-based initiatives.

Through The VSS Group, she brings strategic leadership and hands-on program design experience to organizations seeking practical approaches to engagement, relationship building, and implementation.

She founded Reading Worldwide, a distinct literacy initiative that brings children, authors, and families together through interactive storytelling experiences.

Supplier diversity

Nassau County MWBE-Certified

The VSS Group, LLC welcomes supplier diversity, vendor, subcontracting, and program-development opportunities.

Legal business name
The VSS Group, LLC
Certifying authority
Nassau County, New York
MWBE certification no.
OMA-24-063
Principal Consultant
Vicki Sylvain, MPA

County-level certification; acceptance by other contracting authorities depends on their rules.

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