DPR Construction, a technical builder, has appointed Kali Bonnell, an industry veteran with more than 14 years of experience, as Atlanta’s first female business unit leader to head up the company’s operations in the city.
Bonell will be supporting DPR teams and leading project delivery with a focus on delivering predictable outcomes for clients.
Bonnell began her career in Atlanta as an intern at DPR in 2008, joining as a full-time employee upon graduating from Auburn University in 2009. She grew from within the company ever since, honing her expertise as a project engineer with DPR’s Special Services Group (SSG), which focuses on small- to mid-size projects, such as higher education residency halls, healthcare renovations, and commercial office spaces. Bonnell then traveled to Clemson, South Carolina, and eventually across Florida to take on projects as lead project manager.
Critical to her extensive resume is her technical expertise in the healthcare space, including her role as project executive for a complex, two-floor vertical expansion of an existing Florida hospital that heavily utilized prefabricated components to finish the project smoothly within a worked-in environment.
DPR’s Atlanta office expertise spans across the company’s core markets of healthcare, commercial, higher education, advanced technology and life sciences; and services notable clients such as the Lincoln Property Company, Cousins, Portman Holdings, Digital Realty, Switch, the University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Morehouse, Piedmont Healthcare, among others.
Embodying DPR’s core values and belief in shared leadership, Bonnell will work with her team to build projects across the greater Atlanta area.
“I love working with our project and design teams, clients, and trade partners to bring a collective vision to life. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing the hard work of so many come to fruition,” says Bonnell. “I am excited to lead the Atlanta Business Unit and have the opportunity to surround myself with accomplished problem solvers who are passionate about building great things in Atlanta and beyond.”
