About C&B Group

Solving the complex, simply.

A family-operated firm in Glen Allen, Virginia. SWaM certified, SAM registered, and nine years into building the systems serious businesses run on.

SWaM Certified SAM Registered Virginia Incorporated Prime Contractor
The Foundation.

Built from what was missing.

Nine years in, with documented results across executive operations, HR consulting, and government contracting at the federal, state, and local level.

We build procurement infrastructure, workforce systems, and contracting pipelines that hold up under audit and keep running when the founder leaves the room. Every engagement is scoped, built, and handed off clean.

We built ours first. Every method we bring to a client has already been tested inside our own firm, then refined until it held.

What we believe.

Business as infrastructure for social good.

Our mission is anchored in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. A well-run business is one of the most underused tools for solving social problems at scale. Not as charity. As architecture.

Our Mission

Solve real problems through real businesses.

The Sustainable Development Goals shape how we choose clients, design engagements, and measure success. Five of the seventeen show up in our work most often:

  • Decent work and economic growth
  • Gender equity
  • Reduced inequalities
  • Sustainable industry and innovation
  • Strong communities

Good business is good infrastructure. We work where the two converge.

How We Work

Rigor applied to under-resourced ambition.

We bring executive consulting discipline to businesses the market has been slow to serve. In practice, that means:

  • Procurement-grade systems. Documentation, audit trails, repeatability.
  • Fortune 500 standards, applied to owners who never got that playbook.
  • No shortcuts. Every engagement scoped, measured, and built to repeat.
  • Durable, not improvised. If it cannot be repeated, it is not a system yet.

Rigor is the gift. Speed is the byproduct.

Our Leadership.

Managing Partners.

A credentialed team across procurement, healthcare operations, social work, nursing, quality assurance, and risk. One standard: precision and care.

Zainab Kamarah, PMP

Founder & Director of Procurement

Leads contract acquisition and the firm's procurement strategy.

Shahedah Fornah, MD

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Sets firm strategy and leads operational excellence.

Nicole Welds, LCSW

Executive Director

Leads people-centered engagements. Chairs the Human Service Board.

Christina Rios, RN

Clinical Nursing Director

Oversees clinical compliance across healthcare contracts.

Elizabeth Fraser

Quality Assurance Director

Holds audit and documentation standards across every project.

Darshell Brown

Senior Risk Manager

Leads enterprise risk. Chairs the Operations Trust.

Senyte Pierce

Director of Public Good

Leads public works and public health delivery. Chairs the Public Health & Social Impact Board.

Incoming · September 2026
Leadership.

Built with oversight.

C&B Group runs on a four-board governance framework: the Operations Trust, the Human Service Board, Public Health & Social Impact, and the Board of Advisors. Each one advises on risk, mission, public health, and operational integrity.

The Operations Trust, chaired by Darshell Brown, was our first board and oversees enterprise risk. The Human Service Board, chaired by Nicole Welds, guided program design for our Newport News engagement. Public Health & Social Impact is chaired by Senyte Pierce.

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Est. 2017

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