Varetta Huggins, PgMP, PMP, CSM, ITIL, is an International Speaker, Published Author, Entrepreneur, and Executive Business Coach. 

Varetta earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Hampton University and her Master of Science degree in Information Systems Technology from the George Washington University. She is certified by the Project Management Institute as a Program Management Professional (PgMP) and a Project Management Professional (PMP). She also holds certifications in CIO Competencies, ITIL, ScrumMaster, Executive Coaching, MS Project, FedRAMP, SharePoint, and other IT Tools.

Varetta has over 20 years of experience as a Government Contractor supporting Federal Government Agencies such as NASA, NOAA, FAA, Education, USDA, USAID, and USDT with IT Portfolios worth $35K to over $5 billion. 

Varetta loves to speak to business owners and entrepreneurs about doing business with the U.S. Federal Government or starting their own business. She has spoken to business, faith-based, corporate, adult, college, teens, juniors, couples, graduates, and women audiences. Varetta is your Keynote Speaker to motivate your audience with a heart-warming story about setting their goals and understanding their purpose. She can speak to your audience about her life journey as a female CEO in a male-dominated industry and challenges she faced along the way. In some of her speeches, she has seen to ask her audience to take out their phone to respond to polls, trivia, and questions. Her speeches are said to be entertaining, fun, and thought provoking. 

Varetta has been speaking at Federal Government Meetings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, and Training Sessions for over 15 years. She is an International Speaker at Business and Women Expos, Workshops, Seminars, Summits, Boot-Camps, Podcasts, and Conferences and has spoken in Washington DC, Germantown, MD, Silver Spring MD, Baltimore, MD, Glen Allen, VA, Arlington, VA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami, FL, Miami Gardens, FL, Orlando, FL, Chicago, IL, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood, CA, New Orleans, LA, Philadelphia, PA, Houston, TX, Dallas, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Charlotte, NC, Atlanta, GA, New York, NY, Paris, France, and virtually. Varetta has coached, trained, and consulted Business Owners, Executives, Senior Managers, Staff, Project Managers, Program Managers, and Portfolio Managers in 40 U.S. States, Hawaii, Mexico, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Jordan, Japan, Canada, England, St. Kitts, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Nigeria, Ghana, and virtually. Varetta can be available for private coaching to help you build your business and navigate through the Government Contracting and Grants processes. 

On June 1st, 2024, Varetta published the book $500 BILLION: The Roadmap to Doing Business with the Federal Government and dedicated it to the V-GovCon Program.  Varetta started the V-Government Contracting Success Program aka V-GovCon Program in 2018 to help small business owners and entrepreneurs to navigate the Government Contracting and Grants industry.   Varetta is available for private and public events to speak about the contents of the book and for book signing events.

In December 2023, Varetta was featured on the cover of CEO Time Magazine with the title "Turning Dreams into a Marvelous Reality". Varetta graced the cover of the CIO Today Magazine as “5 Most Powerful Women in Business to Watch in 2022”; she was featured in the Insight Success Magazine as "One of the 10 Most Admired Women Leaders in Business 2022"; she has graced the cover of the Women Leaders Magazine as “One of the 20 Most Inspiring Women Leaders 2021”; and Super Mogul, Kathy Ireland on Fox Business News Network & Bloomberg TV have interviewed her. 

In her spare time, Varetta has volunteered numerous hours in local school, churches, and engineering organizations focused on mentoring and engaging children and teenagers about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education.