Importing to Geodatabase Problem

Hi,

I recently started a new job and am in need of importing new feature classes to existing geodatabases. The problem I am running into is that I am not the owner of any of the databases we have, and from what I have read, only the owners of the database can add feature classes to it. I know that the person in the position before me was able to add files to the database and he was not the owner of it. Do I have to contact the owner and have him grant me permission to add feature classes, or is there some other method to placing feature classes onto the database?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Chris