Bonnie Canal

DRI International

Bonnie Canal, MBCP is an internationally recognized leader in both community and business resilience innovations and strategies. She is a DRI International instructor and Director of Volunteerism for the DRI Foundation. She is the founder and Managing Partner of The Resiliency Institute, LLC (TRI) and leads her team in creating comprehensive solutions for organizations by understanding the role they play in community preparedness and resiliency. She continues her resiliency consulting for organizations, communities, and non-profits while traveling the US engaging in the conversation at the community level. Canal is a proud native of New Orleans and has experienced what she calls, “The Katrina, Rita, Ike, Gustav, and BP Oil Spill” disasters firsthand. She has worked in the field of community resilience for 16 years and while bringing with her for 30 years of work experience within the information technology sector. Canal holds the DRI Master Business Continuity Professional certification and was awarded the DRI 2020 Program Leader of the Year Non-Profit Sector for her work with Evacuteer.