Senior Project Manager
Swinerton Builders
Jessica Drake has been in the construction industry for 15 years, joining Swinerton as a Project Engineer in 2009. She has risen the ranks in the 12 years since and is currently serving as a senior project manager. She attended the University of Southern California, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Architecture.
In late 2018, Drake and her team completed the $100-million Great Park Ice and FivePoint Arena. As senior project manager, she led an 18-person team. One of the largest public facilities of its kind in the nation, the 280,000-square-foot LEED Silver facility features three NHL regulation rinks and one Olympic regulation rink. It hosts practices and competitions for a variety of youth and adult programs, as well as open public skating. It has been recognized industry-wide as one of the most complex ice facilities in the nation, both architecturally and structurally.Â