Willie L. Hensley

President/Chief Executive Officer
Summit Consulting Group, Incorporated

As the President and CEO of The Summit Consulting Group, Inc., which supports business development requirements of private sector companies, especially veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned companies,  Mr. Willie L. Hensley has over 40 years of experience in the Federal government.  Mr. Hensley was appointed as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration by the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he managed and executed a $300M budget in support of the Department’s investment in human capital, a major transformational initiative involving over 10 major contracts and approximately 35 private sector companies.  Prior to this appointment, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management where he supervised several major human resources business lines, ranging from marketing, recruitment and staffing to employee benefits, human resources accountability, and workforce/succession planning.  Prior to his SES appointment, Mr. Hensley served as the Director, Marketing, Recruitment and Veterans Employment Outreach Service and Principal Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management on policies and programs affecting the employment of veterans in the Federal government.  In addition, Mr. Hensley is the former Director of the  Veterans Affairs’ Center for Minority Veterans where he served as the advisor to the Secretary on programs and policies affecting approximately 4 million minority veterans.  Prior to his appointment to the Veterans Affairs, Mr. Hensley was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel with the U.S. Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command, where he directed personnel and administrative functions for 2,000 military and civilian employees.

Mr. Hensley is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel. He began his military career as the Chief of the Separation Transition Facility at Fort Carson before working with the Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, and the Office of the Adjutant General.  He has also served as the Commander of an adjutant general postal detachment in Korea. Mr. Hensley’s military awards include the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medals, the Meritorious Service Medals, the Defense Meritorious Service Award, and the Legion of Merit. He received is undergraduate degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA and earned his graduate degree in Education from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.  He is a graduate of Leadership Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs’ SES Candidate Development Program, and the Senior Executive Fellow Program from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.  He is a 2009 Presidential Rank Award recipient and has been awarded the Veterans Affairs Secretary’s Exceptional Service Award.