About Willpower Consulting Group
Willpower Consulting Group is a results-driven consulting firm specializing in supplier diversity, compliance management, and community engagement for the infrastructure sector. With a track record on projects exceeding $5 billion in value, we take a hands-on, strategic approach to helping contractors and public agencies meet their equity and compliance goals. By working collaboratively with prime contractors, SBE and other certified firms, government agencies, and community stakeholders, we bridge the gap between regulatory requirements and business objectives – ensuring programs are both compliant and impactful. Our approach combines technical expertise with relationship-building to navigate the complexities of modern infrastructure delivery."
Meet Adrienne Williams, Founder
Adrienne Williams is the President and CEO of WILLPOWER Consulting Group is a purpose driven management consulting firm. As an innovative and impactful leader, she is a sought-after executive who delivers innovative, strategic consulting to her clients and community.
Her approach to program development and event execution includes strategic deployment and optimize opportunities, with uniquely tailored solutions to client challenges.
Adrienne is a gifted analytical strategist who is passionate and skilled at aiding in the development of executing high-quality, high impact program and project deliverables.
She is passionate and skilled at merging corporate objectives that blend into the alignment and implementation of equitable, and socially responsible outcomes for clients and communities.
She has a passion for partnering with entities that seek to build up and expand programs and initiatives that directly impact historically underutilized businesses, underrepresented communities, and maintaining quality of life for individuals.
A Background You Can Trust
Willpower Consulting Group brings deep, proven expertise in the regulatory, relational, and strategic dimensions of infrastructure delivery. With over two decades of hands-on experience developing and managing compliance programs on projects exceeding $5 billion in value, we understand what it takes to navigate complex requirements while maintaining project momentum and stakeholder trust.
With 20+ years specializing in supplier diversity, community engagement, and workforce development for major infrastructure projects, Willpower Consulting Group delivers the technical knowledge, strategic insight, and hands-on implementation support that construction firms and public agencies need to succeed in today's complex regulatory environment
Professional Credentials
& Recognition
Board & Leadership Service:
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WTS Foundation Board of Directors
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Vice President of Equitable Engagements, Greater Dallas Planning Council (GDPC)
Certifications: Executive Master Compliance Administrator (E-MCA)
Education: Master of Social Work – Administration & Public Policy, University of Texas at Arlington
Awards & Recognition: 2023 Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award
Thought Leadership: Published co-author: "When Destiny Needs An Intervention" and "The Hidden Figures Collective"
Our approach integrates compliance expertise with social work principles – bringing relationship-building, systems thinking, and equity-centered practices to every engagement. This unique foundation allows us to help clients:
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Navigate regulatory complexity with clarity and confidence
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Build authentic partnerships with diverse stakeholders
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Transform compliance requirements into strategic opportunities
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Achieve outcomes that satisfy agencies, communities, and business objectives
The Willpower Difference
Industry Knowledge
Infrastructure Sectors:
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Transportation
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Water/Wastewater
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Municipal
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Heavy Civil Construction
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Healthcare
Project Experience
TxDOT Southern Gateway Project - Dallas, TX
$666 million, 11-mile, design-build highway construction TxDOT Project to rebuild and widen Interstate 35E (I-35E) south of downtown, as well as widen US 67 between I35E and I-20E and the I-35E/US 67 split.
TxDOT Horseshoe Project - Dallas, TX
$798 million design-build TxDOT Project. The project improved traffic flow and the congestion of downtown Dallas mix master interchange, and replaced the bridges along I-30 and I35E that cross the Trinity River.
TxDOT DFW Connector Project – Irving, TX
$1.02 Billion design-build TxDOT Project. The project was 8.4 miles of SH 114 and SH 121 in Grapevine, Southlake, and Irving. It doubled the size of the existing highway system around the north entrance of DFW International airport. Project featured new main lanes, frontage roads and TEXpress Lanes.
** DOT Project was the largest transportation funded project at the time of contract award.
Texas Business Opportunity & Workforce Development Program (BOWD)
Served as Executive Director to manage the TxDOT DBE/OJT Supportive Services funding $1 million-dollar DBE business training, and workforce development program. Worked closely with AGC of Texas, TxDOT On-the-Job (OJT) staff, and the Texas Workforce Commission for construction related training and business development efforts.
Leadership in Action
Who We Serve
We partner with leaders across the infrastructure landscape to achieve their most ambitious goals.
Construction
& Engineering Firms
Public Agencies
Infrastructure Owners
& Developers
