ED BORDENAVE CPCU, ARM
PRESIDENT
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Ed has been involved in the wholesale end of insurance since joining IWest Insurance Managers/Swett & Crawford in 1978. He has over 34 years of insurance experience. He has extensive experience in the underwriting and placement of Financial Service risks as well as products liability and commercial general liability exposures.

Ed has developed and underwritten a number of successful programs involving motor truck cargo, residential day care facilities, public entities, public official’s errors and omissions, structural and agricultural pest control, landscapers and tree trimmers.

In 1996, Ed was a contributing author to the Surplus Lines Insurance Practices text, which leads to the Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) designation. In addition to conducting Continuing Education classes, Ed has also delivered over 400 sales and sales management seminars. He currently holds the CPCU and ARM designations. He received his B. S. degree in marketing from the University of San Francisco and his M.B.A. degree from San Jose StateUniversity.

JEANA RAMOS CIC, CPSR
VICE PRESIDENT
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Jeana has been involved in Excess & Surplus lines since 1994. Prior to co-founding Continental Risk Insurance Services, she was the leading producer in a $34,000,000 agency. She has a keen understanding of insurance concepts and principles.

Jeana currently holds the CPSR designation and has also attained her Certified Insurance Counselor designation. She has helped design manuscripted policy forms, established procedures to enhance workflow and conducted training classes for insurance agents. She has a B.S. degree in Paralegal Studies with a minor in Community Affairs. She is the past President of the Insurance Professionals of San Joaquin County and currently maintains an active membership.

Jeana has two daughters and her husband is a firefighter/paramedic. While she is spending time with her family, she enjoys water skiing, snow skiing and exercising.

Kelly Stephens
Producer
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Kelly began her insurance career in 1994. She has both retail and wholesale experience and most recently spent the last 8 years working for a national wholesale firm. Kelly is currently pursuing her CISR designation and is the current President of the Insurance Professionals of San Joaquin County. She attended San Joaquin Delta College and Stanislaus State University.

Veronica Contreras
Account Manager
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Veronica entered the insurance industry in 1999 working for a local insurance firm. She has worked in office services as well as production. During the past five years, she worked as an underwriter, specializing in Marine insurance. She has been an active member of NAIW and the local San Joaquin County Insurance Professionals, including Scholarship Chairman. Veronica enjoys spending time with her husband and three children.
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SUSAN VAN NESS CISR, CPIW
Acount Manager
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Susan started her insurance career in 1985. She has had both retail and wholesale brokerage experience and has also spent time as a property underwriter for an insurance company. Susan has attained both the CISR and CPIW designations and is a past President of the San Joaquin County Insurance Professionals. Susan enjoys spending time with her two children.

Judi Lindsay
Accounting and Human Resources
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Judi has over 25 years of insurance/accounting/HR experience which includes time spent with retail and wholesale. She spent over 20 years with a local insurance firm as a Senior Accountant, Human Resources Manager and Office and Facilities Manager. She will be handling all aspects of the Accounting and HR functions on a daily basis. Judi is also a licensed Notary Public.

Brian Bordenave MCSE
Director of Information Technology

As the Director of Information Technology, Brian assists us in meeting our service commitments to our retail customers by establishing and maintaining state of the art technology. He is a graduate of Micro Skills in San Diego. In addition to the A+ certification, Brian also holds the MCSE and is currently pursuing his Microsoft SQL Certification. Brian resides in San Diego and enjoys running, golf, snowboarding and stand-up comedy.