Ellen Neylan is the owner of Surety Bond Associates, a surety bond agency and consulting firm that provides specialty surety services to small, minority and women owned contractors to eliminate the barriers that prevent them from accessing the financial resources necessary to actively compete in public sector construction. Prior to opening Surety Bond Associates, Ellen held the position of VP of Product Development for SURETYBOND.COM, a start-up internet surety agency providing guarantees for e-commerce transactions, a concept which was her original creation. Ellen is a surety veteran with twenty years of experience in the surety industry and has held positions with several major surety companies fulfilling a variety of underwriting, management, business development and operations roles. Ellen has lectured many diverse audiences on surety principals and underwriting disciplines, and is an active member of the PA and NJ Chapters of the Surety Association of America.

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