SANFORD - Key Persons
From the early days of her career, Adriane Sanford recognized the challenges experienced by the small and minority business community. As Director of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)- Construction Development Center (CDC) she experienced firsthand the impact of the struggles of small and minority businesses to be successful. While at the CDOT-CDC, Adriane formed strategic alliances and partnered with community stakeholders resulting in a 100% increase in the number of technical and business development workshops and training. She also outreached and sought new opportunities for enhanced supportive service delivery for federally funded million-dollar grant programs authorized by the USDOT. It was those experiences that helped her develop the understanding and passion that motivated her to establish The Sanford Group, LLC (TSG).
Overtime, Adriane Sanford founder and principal of The Sanford Group, LLC (TSG) has earned an industry reputation for her passion to deliver solutions that help develop and expand the number of small and minority contractors in the construction and transportation marketplace. Through this effort, TSG has successfully directed the utilization of over $2.5 billion in subcontracted dollars to small, minority and women-owned businesses on major construction, transportation and capital projects that have been valued at multi-billions of dollars.
The Sanford Group, LLC provides diversity consulting services, contract compliance monitoring, outreach & communications strategy, public information/engagement and minority business growth strategies to both the private and public sectors. We assist our private and/or public sector clients in meeting the targeted diversity participation goals for their organizations and major infrastructure projects. We provide guidance in understanding the small, minority and women-owned procurement and contract requirements and/or collaborate with them on developing their proposals and bid packages through the procurement processes. Once the contract is awarded, we work beside our client to strategically utilize small businesses, resolve challenges, maximize opportunity with budget/timeline as a priority and foster relationships with small businesses.
The Sanford Group, LLC brings a strong background of industry experience, knowledge and leadership skills to their clients in a variety of markets to include: