Kelly Roberts

Kelly is a Principal and the Managing Director of the Atlanta Structures group at Walter P Moore. Kelly leads WPM’s Sustainable Design Community of Practice for the structures group, specializing in Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment and the use of sustainable and salvaged materials. 

She has 17 years of structural design experience ranging from educational, hospitality, and healthcare facilities to high-rise office and mixed-use towers.

Lifecycle Building Center of Greater Atlanta
Founding Board Member; Current Advisory Board Member

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
Market Leadership Advisory Board Member – Georgia
Member – National Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group

Atlanta Carbon Leadership Forum HUB
Co-Chair

American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Past President – ACI Georgia
Member – ACI 318N Sustainability Committee

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Atlanta Committee on the Environment (COTE)
Steering Committee Member

National Council of Structural Engineers Association (NCSEA)
Founding Chair – Sustainability Committee

Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)
Advisory Council Member – SE 2050 Task Force

ACEC Georgia
2025–2026 Board of Directors

Kelly is a 2021 Building Design + Construction 40 under 40 winner and the 2022 Auburn University Outstanding Young Engineer. She was also named one of the 100 Most Influential Women by Engineering Georgia, a 2017 Design Futures Council (DFC) Emerging Leader, and a 2018 Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top Young Professional. 

B.S., Civil Engineering, Auburn University
M.S., Civil Engineering, Auburn University