BL Companies is excited to announce the promotions of Derek Kohl and Julia O’Brien to Co-Vice Presidents of Operations. Their new roles will prove critical to the future success of BL, ensuring that it has strong, experienced leaders in place. Derek and Julia were the obvious choices to take on this new role because of their dedicated work and proven ability to have a broad impact on the success of the entire firm. Additionally, Derek and Julia are frequent collaborators and will be able to leverage their strong existing relationship into this new partnership.
Derek and Julia will be jointly responsible for ensuring the success of BL Companies’ day-to-day operations but will also continue to serve in their existing roles as Executive Director of Engineering (Kohl) and General Counsel (O’Brien). In addition to leading BL’s operations, they will be responsible for helping to lead BD execution and Marketing, financial performance, project management, infrastructure, human resources, information technology, legal, succession planning, and culture. This partnership will help ensure BL’s operations continue to be excellent both internally for our employee owners and externally for our clients.
As BL Companies has grown rapidly over the last few years, it has become especially important to plan for the future. Strong leadership is necessary for a sustainable company, which is why Derek and Julia’s promotions are so important. We’re confident their combined leadership will create an even better BL.