21 Facts About Kofi Bonner

Kofi S Bonner is an American architect and planner widely known for the heading the redevelopment of the city of Emeryville, California.

In 1998, Kofi Bonner became executive vice president and chief administrative officer for the Cleveland Browns football organization of the National Football League.

In 2004, Kofi Bonner was hired by MBNA and then in 2006 became director of urban land for Lennar.

Kofi Bonner worked as regional president at FivePoint, a position he assumed when his previous role as president in Lennar's Bay Area Urban division transitioned into FivePoint in July 2016.

Kofi Bonner then earned a Master of City Planning and a Master of Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley in 1987.

Kofi Bonner began his career with Oakland Community Housing Inc as the affordable housing developer and later transitioned to a more senior role within the Bay Area.

In 1988, Kofi Bonner was hired to replace out-going Steve Kaplan as redevelopment director for the City of Emeryville.

Kofi Bonner later held the positions of deputy executive director of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and director of community and economic development for the City of Oakland.

Kofi Bonner was appointed interim city manager for the City of Oakland in 1995.

Kofi Bonner oversaw major redevelopment projects and economic growth in San Francisco, including planning and implementing the redevelopment of the City's Mission Bay neighborhood.

In 1998, Cleveland Browns President Carmen Policy offered the position of executive vice president and chief administrative officer of the Cleveland Browns to Kofi Bonner, who became the first African-American to hold such a title in the NFL.

Kofi Bonner sat on the NFL's Internet Committee, where he helped shape the league's internet use policy and developed the Browns' website.

In 2004, Kofi Bonner joined MBNA Corporation as a regional director and executive vice president of business development.

Kofi Bonner led all regional business development efforts until MBNA Corp.

Kofi Bonner returned to his city planning roots in 2005 joining Lennar Urban as regional vice president of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Kofi Bonner later transitioned to president in Lennar's Bay Area Urban division.

In 2016, Kofi Bonner became regional president of northern California as Lennar Urban was absorbed by FivePoint Communities.

Kofi Bonner is a 2011 UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design Distinguished Fellow and a Member of the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Leadership Council, a non-profit public Policy "think tank" organization based in Washington, DC.

Kofi Bonner is a member of Lambda Alpha International, a Land Economics society where he received the "2010 Member of the Year" Award.

Kofi Bonner is on the boards of Bay Area Council where he co-chairs the Housing Committee, UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design Advisory Council, UC Berkeley Foundation's board of trustees, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, and Museum of the African Diaspora.

In 2020, Kofi Bonner was named Chief Executive Officer of Bedrock.