Jason Rieger and Drew Hopson: Helping Fraternity & Sorority Chapters Manage Finances

Jason Rieger is the Co-Founder and CEO of Switch. Jason was the first employee for the largest group travel company for college students (JusCollege Acq. by Pollen for $25M). He was responsible for building and scaling their sales rep network across 200 college campuses and delivering over $100M in revenue. He is a brother of AEPi from Cal State University.

Drew Hopson is a Nonprofit Executive, a Tech Sales Leader, a Community Advocate, and is Driving Impact at the Intersection of Innovation, Service, and Education. He is currently the Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships at Switch, a financial technology company that is working in the Fraternity and Sorority Life space.

In episode 583 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what inspired the founders to build Switch (a financial technology company), what problem they were trying to solve for Fraternity and Sorority chapters, what features Switch offers that traditional payment tools like Venmo or spreadsheets simply don’t provide, how Switch makes money, how Switch helps chapters who struggle with transparency and accountability in their finances, how Switch helps new treasurers transition smoothly when leadership changes, whether Switch integrates with any other systems or tools commonly used by campus organizations, what are some success stories they can share, and what is the long term vision for Switch. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6S0Dumnp5M