Leadership
William Suneson, AAI - Chief Executive Officer
Bill is one of the nation’s foremost affinity sales and financial services marketing leaders. Before co-founding MassDrive and Next Generation Insurance Group, Bill served as Senior Vice President at JPMorgan Chase, where he led the student-lending industry's top affinity marketing business. Additionally, Bill served as Vice President at Affinity Marketing Group where he contributed to the creation of Affinity Insurance Agency and led sales efforts for client partners including GMAC Insurance, Liberty Mutual, and other leading consumer brands. Bill maintains a national license to sell Property/Casualty and Life/Health Insurance and holds an Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI) designation. He is a member of the Professional Insurance Marketing Association and Inter Company Marketing Group. Bill is a graduate of Marquette University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and competed as an NCAA Division I tennis player. He grew up in Fall River, Mass. and currently resides in Bridgewater, Mass. with his wife and two children.
Jean-Marie Lovett - President
A veteran affinity and direct marketing leader including most recently as VP Marketing and Operations at JPMorgan Chase Education Finance where she managed the marketing channels and operations for all student loan partnerships, including nearly 200 affinity groups, as well as the largest internal partner - Chase's retail bank branches. Jean-Marie established a winning track record at Chase, creating substantial growth within departments under her direction. Prior to JP Morgan Chase, Jean-Marie was Director of Product Marketing for Abridge, Inc., a venture-backed start-up that focused on email communication efficiencies and she spent time testing and launching new consumer products at BellSouth Telecommunications as an Innovations Manager. Jean-Marie is a graduate of Colgate University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors, and holds a Master of Business Administration from the Kenan Flagler Business School at UNC, Chapel Hill. She is a member of the Massachusetts Associate of Insurance Agents (MAIA) and resides in Roslindale, Mass. and is married with two children.
John Fees - Senior Advisor
Co-founder and CEO of Next Generation Insurance Group (NGI), John is a proven entrepreneur and a thought leader in affinity and collegiate marketing. For more than 16 years, John has specialized in collegiate marketing and media, affinity and partnership marketing and financial services, all of which makes him a savvy and dedicated leader for Next Generation Insurance Group, established in 2008. John is adept at creating innovative affinity marketing solutions that support consumer activity via the internet and direct-to-consumer channels, and his strategies have proven to be ground-breaking. In fact, his success in this arena has led to the sale of two prior businesses ventures, Y2M and Members Connect, to Fortune 500 companies. John is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in History and holds a Master in Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Professional Insurance Marketing Association, the Spitzer Center for Ethics and a board member for the Foundation for Blind Children. With his wife Melissa, John currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona with their five children.
Paul Pennelli - VP, Internet Marketing
A native of Massachusetts, Paul is the immediate past Head of Marketing for ReputationDefender and past head of Affiliate Relations for mtvUʼs College Media Network. With experience in Internet starts-ups and big media, Paul brings a wealth of Internet and partnership marketing, media, and product development experience to MassDrive. At ReputationDefender in Redwood City, Calif., Paul built the company's first direct-to-consumer marketing campaigns, marketing operations, and creative footprint, and managed its high-value channel partnerships with Internet affiliates, top financial institutions, and membership marketing organizations. Paul graduated from Fairfield University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. He resides in Melrose, Mass. with his wife.
