Dan Smolik

As Vice President, Dan is responsible for Garney’s risk management department, which is comprised of safety, bonding, insurance, and legal aspects of the company. He works with these departments and the leadership team to identify risk management issues that can impact the company’s organization and develop strategies to manage our enterprise risks in a manner that supports the overall vision of the company.

Dan joined Garney in 2000 following his graduation from Missouri Western State University with a degree in construction engineering technology. He spent 20 years managing and leading Garney’s pipeline operations in Florida. This experience gives Dan a broad-based operational perspective, combining both management and organizational skills to provide solutions to non-insurance-related business risk issues.

Based in Garney’s Winter Garden, Florida, office, Dan promotes Garney’s strong safety culture through leading safety trainings and educating employees across the country on how to uphold our safety standards. Within the company, he chairs both the Safety Council and Risk Management Council.

A hallmark of Dan’s professional journey has been his unwavering commitment to a formidable work ethic, a trait that was instilled in him from an early age and has proven instrumental in thriving within an employee-owned company.

In his free time, Dan enjoys traveling and supporting his daughter in club soccer. He enjoys house projects and most anything that involves the outdoors.