Focus: Christina Danehart

Christina Danehart

Christina Danehart is the Principal and driving force behind Dynamic Resource Group.  Growing up in Parkersburg, WV, Christina wanted to be a veterinarian. She moved to Ohio 25 years ago. She and her husband Drew have been married 25 years and have two sons, 16 and 18. They also have three dogs, two cats and two exotic birds. “We’re really into our kids and our animals,” she says.

 Spanning her 16 years experience in the insurance industry, she previously held positions with some of the most well known national health insurance carriers as an award winning top producer and most recently was a partner in a local employee benefits agency. While she loved her work, she struggled with corporate politics and sales people who put their own interests ahead of the best interests of the clients. In 2005 she left the partnership to start Dynamic Resource Group.

 

Christina takes the time to study each business so she can create a benefits package that meets the needs of that business and its employees. She sits down with each employee to explain the benefits. “Education makes people smart consumers. They use the program smarter, and that makes their money go further.” She also provides payroll services. Her business methods have paid off. All her new clients come from referrals, and her business is expanding every month.

Growing up, Christina Danehart never dreamed that the time she spent helping her grandfather hoe his garden would help prepare her for owning an insurance brokerage company, but she’s found that many of the life lessons he taught her have brought her success in the business world.

“I adored my grandfather.” Christina says. “He had a huge influence on my life. He was a farmer. I spent every summer on his farm. He didn’t have huge farm equipment. We hoed. He had several gardens, one for the family and several gardens for the livestock. While we hoed, he taught me that you reap what you sow, either good or bad. Whatever you put into the ground and nurture is what you get back. If you put quality in, you will get quality out. I apply those values to my business.”

“I never think what is best for my agency or my pocket,” Christina says. “I think of what is best for the employer, the employees and their pockets. I know we have to make money as a business, but let’s not rip people off. I wanted to have my own company so I could do things my way, do what I knew was right.”

Even as the owner of a successful company, Christina has never lost sight of the lessons her grandfather taught her.  ”He was an amazing man,” she said. “He’d start hoeing at one end of the row. I’d start at the other, and we’d meet in the middle. Often our hoes would clink together. He’d always ask me, ‘Do you know what that means?’ I’d always answer no, even though he’d told me many times. He’d say, ‘That means we’re going to be here next year doing the same thing.’ As I got older I made sure our hoes clinked together because I wanted to be there next year. I feel the same way about Dynamic Resource Group. I want to be doing the same thing next year. I just want to assist people and make a living doing it.”

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