Professional Biography
Danette M. Jones
Senior Vice President
Current Responsibilities
Danette Jones is the Southwest Partnership Construction Practice Leader, located in the Los
Angeles, CA office. She is responsible for developing, managing, and delivering construction risk
management services to contractors, architects, engineers, project owners, and developers
throughout the Southwest Partnership and West Zone. Danette works in coordination with Marsh
service teams and the Global Construction Practice to define, design, and deliver a broad array of
services to a variety of Marsh clients.
Experience
Prior to joining Marsh in 2010, Danette was a senior vice president at a large global broker for 14
years, where her most recent responsibilities included broking all consolidated insurance
programs (OCIPs and CCIPs) for the West, managing a book of construction and real estate
business, and being the West Coast representative of their public private partnership (P3)
taskforce.
She has consulted on insurance programs for over $50 billion of project values on over 40 large
projects over the past 14 years including international projects. Danette has also worked with
contractors and engineering firms to design, implement, and manage their insurance programs.
Her experience with complex construction projects and contractor businesses includes the design
of traditional and alternative and/or integrated risk management programs, consolidated
insurance programs, contract formation, and risk allocation.
Education
ƒ BBA, Risk Management and Insurance, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Affiliations
ƒ Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)
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Associate in Risk Management (ARM)
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Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS)
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US Council Member, International Project Finance Association (IPFA)
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Board Member, Los Angeles Blind Children’s Center
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Regional Foundation Coordinator, Delta Gamma Foundation