John Fees

John Fees is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Next Generation Insurance. As the co-founder and CEO of GradGuard, I lead a national specialty insurance holding company that creates innovative digital distribution platforms for the collegiate market. For three decades, I have built companies at the intersection of education, financial services, and technology. I have successfully built and sold two prior ventures, Y2M and Members Connect, to Viacom and JP Morgan Chase respectively. At GradGuard - our mission is to help schools educate and protect students from the risks of college life, through our pioneering tuition and renters insurance programs that are embedded within the enrollment processes of more than 550 schools nationwide. Since 2009, GradGuard has protected the investment in higher education of more than 1.5 million students across more than 1,800 schools. In addition, I am also a co-founder of Next Generation Insurance Group which includes Bindable which enables trusted brands to further engage customers or members through a full stack of tech services and digital insurance products. More than 400 brands and organizations rely on Bindable to deliver an omnichannel platform that fulfills the insurance needs of their audiences, customers and members. Fees completed academic degrees from Arizona State University and Harvard Business School.