Edward Kelly founded SMP Consulting Group and for more than four decades, SMP and its affiliates have provided insurance consulting, risk management, loss control services, and strategic marketing programs to businesses across the United States. Under Ed’s leadership, SMP Consulting Group and the Working Partners Network grew into leading providers of innovative cost-containment solutions for business and industry. Over the past 45 years, Ed has developed long-standing relationships with numerous Fortune 1000 companies throughout the United States and the United Kingdom, advising senior leadership on complex insurance and risk-management challenges. Ed began his career as Vice President of Program Development with Reed, Roberts in Garden City, New York, one of the nation’s largest unemployment insurance consulting firms. In this role, he designed and implemented cost-containment programs for major national organizations including Federated Department Stores, Burger King, Union Carbide, and other Fortune 500 companies. During the Clinton administration, Ed worked in Washington, D.C. as a healthcare lobbyist representing Hospital Corporation of America, Humana, and Universal Healthcare. Ed holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from New York Institute of Technology and an MBA from New York University. In addition to operating SMP, he serves on the Board of Directors of American Society of Workers’ Compensation Professionals (AMCOMP), an international organization dedicated to professional excellence in workers’ compensation. In 2011, Ed was appointed to the Suffolk County Economic Advisory Council, where he helped develop strategies to promote job creation and economic growth in Suffolk County, New York. Suffolk County is one of the largest counties in the United States with a population of over 1.5 million and an annual budget of over 2.5 billion dollars. In 2012, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Committee for Cost Effective Government. Ed was appointed as Treasurer in 2021. Married for over 50 years, Ed and his wife Diane split their time between New York and Florida. They have two sons, Edward and Brian.