Janice Ochenkowski, ARM, is a Managing Director at Jones Lang LaSalle, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Jones Lang LaSalle is recognized as one of the leading global real estate services and money management firms; it has more than 28,000 employees in more than 50 countries.
Under Ms. Ochenkowski’s leadership, the Risk Management Department has grown from a two-person group to an international team of insurance and claim experts. She directs the team in their work with internal businesses to assess risks of existing and new opportunities and to create innovative insurance and risk solutions to business problems for the benefit of Jones Lang LaSalle and its clients. The department uses traditional insurance risk transfer, as well as specifically designed programs, to achieve client and program objectives.
Ms. Ochenkowski currently serves as the RIMS President. She has been on the Society Board of Directors and participated on Committees and Task Forces at the Society and Chapter level.
Ms. Ochenkowski participates in several programs for the Illinois State University’s Katie School and is a member of AIG’s Real Estate Advisory Panel. She has spoken at The Economist Conferences in New York and Bermuda and at real estate industry association meetings on the subject of risk management. Ms. Ochenkowski was recently profiled in the Business Insurance Women to Watch 2006 edition.