For three decades, John Fees has 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 JPMorgan Chase, respectively.

As the co-founder and Managing Partner of GradGuard, I lead a national specialty insurance holding company that creates innovative digital distribution platforms for the collegiate market. Our mission is to help schools educate and protect students from the risks of college life, through our pioneering tuition and renters insurance programs embedded within the enrollment processes of nearly than 700 schools nationwide. Since 2009, GradGuard has protected the higher-education investments of more than 2 million students at more than 1,900 schools.