John J. Bell

John J. Bell ‘95 is managing director and head of Senior Relationship Management within Wells Fargo’s Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB). CIB delivers a comprehensive suite of capital markets, banking, and financial products and services to corporate, commercial real estate, government, and institutional clients around the world. John and his team are responsible for overall C-suite and senior relationship connectivity, development, and sponsorship of select traditional and alternative asset managers.

John has more than 25 years of sales, relationship management, and leadership experience with institutional clients. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2021, he spent nearly 15 years at Bank of America where he was a member of the Asset Management Services leadership team responsible for client coverage and growth. He was also the executive responsible for Venture Services at Merrill, dedicated exclusively to serving the brokerage and custody needs of the global private equity and venture capital communities.

John has long been dedicated to community engagement and creating an inclusive workplace. He previously served as Board Chair for The Edgewood Center for Children and Families. Edgewood is the oldest children’s charity in the western U.S., and was founded as a gold rush era orphanage. Edgewood now supports thousands of Bay Area youth and their families through life’s challenges with a full continuum of behavioral health services focusing on issues including mental health, family relationships, and life skills. Programs range from prevention and early intervention to community-based, day, and residential treatment. He was a founding sponsor of The GLBT History Museum in San Francisco, the first stand-alone LGBTQ+ history museum in the U.S. At Bank of America, he was Enterprise co-chair of the Inter-Generational Employee Network, a founding member of the LGBTQ+ Executive Leadership Council, and a member of the Global Banking & Markets Diversity & Inclusion Council. Most recently at Wells Fargo, he co-founded and serves as Chair of the CIBOut initiative focused on cultivating a more welcoming culture for LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies.

John earned a B.A. in public policy from St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) in 1995. He has served as Vice President of the SMCM Foundation and was elected in 2024 as the first alumnus to serve as Chair of the SMCM Board of Trustees.