Our Team
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Chase Greenberg is a Junior at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. At a young age, Chase began reading books relating to finance and economics and realized how little elementary and even middle and high schools teach about financial literacy. He saw the opportunity to utilize his broad knowledge of these topics to educate and improve the lives of underprivileged people. He emphasizes the application of simple and sound money management policies that can be grasped and internalized by children and adults alike. Chase is developing and implementing a program that reaches children through school assemblies. He is a strong believer in fostering a productive mindset relating to money at a young age.
Contact: chasegreenberg3@gmail.com
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Ben Bohmfalk is a sophomore at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ben's early exposure and interest in personal finance have shaped his commitment to bridging the gap in financial education. With a solid foundation in money management policies, Ben, as the treasurer, has the goal of contributing significantly to underprivileged individuals' financial literacy and keeping the foundation financially secure. In his free time, he enjoys exploring engineering and finance careers, researching current events, and going to the gym. In line with the overarching goal of the foundation, Ben aims to wisely allocate resources and encourage responsible financial practices, building a stronger, more financially resilient community in Charlotte.
Contact: bwbohmfalk@gmail.com
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Eytan Grumberg is a sophomore at Ardrey Kell High School. With both parents working as accountants, Eytan's household has been immersed in the financial world, sparking his early interest in finance and economics. It was the realization that success is closely tied to understanding financial principles that motivated Eytan to delve deeper into this field. Recognizing the importance of financial literacy for success, Eytan aims to make a difference by helping others to become entrepreneurs and business men and women. He sees financial literacy as a pathway to not only achieve personal success but also to contribute to a more economically successful society. Eytan's journey unfolds with a vision for a future where financial knowledge is accessible to all.
Contact:
eytangrumberg@gmail.com
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Tarun Yavagal is a Senior at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Growing up in a banking household, he was exposed to finance at a young age. Tarun became interested in economics when he took Civics and Economics as a class at his middle school. Struck by the practicality and real world applications, he vowed to learn more. In 9th grade, he spent time learning more about financial literacy and economics. Economics soon became his favorite subject and he has since enrolled in both macro and microeconomics to understand more about how markets function on an individual level as well as how countries' decisions and policies can affect markets. Alongside his passion for learning finance and economics, Tarun has a strong belief in sharing this knowledge to people who need it so that they can manage their money and understand markets. He is an avid believer in creating high upward mobility and more opportunities for the underprivileged. Tarun spends his time at Tickets2TheFuture leading and working on the social media team to create quality educational resources for the community.
Contact: tryavagal@gmail.com
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Ari Zatlin is a Marvin Ridge High School Junior in Waxhaw North Carolina. His father owns an Investment consultant company. That paired with Ari having had multiple years of data analytics experience for a finance company, he has been surrounded by finance all his life. Ari also has a strong belief in helping people and saw Tickets2TheFuture as a fantastic combination of the two. His goal is to bring Tickets2TheFuture to as many schools as possible so that as many kids as possible can learn about finance. Ari actively participates in school clubs and other extracurricular organizations. During his free time, Ari can be seen reading, playing the guitar or piano, playing video games, or doing magic tricks. He is also part of the Cross Country and Track team.
Contact: amzatlin@gmail.com
(650)-576-4427
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Caleb Joel, an Ethiopian-American born in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a devoted community leader with a passion for service and financial awareness. Caleb actively contributes to the Ethiopian communities in Charlotte, notably through his leadership role in the Ethiopian-Eritrean Youth Group. Within Providence Day School, Caleb takes on multiple key roles, serving as the Co-President of the Investment Management Society and holding the position of Director of Finance for DECA, where he actively advocates for financial literacy. Additionally, his contributions extend to serving on the Honor Council, ensuring educational integrity, and providing spiritual guidance as a Bible Study Officer for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter. Caleb's digital initiative, Tarikachen, utilizes TikTok and Instagram to foster unity and promote Ethiopian history amid ongoing conflict and ethnic tensions. Furthermore, he showcased his commitment to philanthropy as a co-candidate in the 2022 Leukemia Lymphoma Society Student Visionary of the Year Campaign, fundraising for patient support. In every facet of his life, Caleb Joel shines as a leader, advocate for financial awareness, and a catalyst for positive change in his community.
Contact: caleb24joel@gmail.com
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Currin Singla is a Myers Park High School senior in Charlotte, North Carolina. He spends his free time reading books about finance, playing golf, and spending time with his family. Throughout his life, he has been exposed to the business/finance world by his parents and he intends to pursue an education in finance after high school. Having three younger sisters, he firmly believes in instilling a good financial foundation in the youth so that they will be well-prepared for the future. Currin uses his prior knowledge of finance to lead fundraising for Tickets2TheFuture.
Contact:
currin.singla@gmail.com
The Founders
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Joaquin is a freshman at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. From a young age, he has truly understood the importance of money management and the idea of “being smart with your money”. To follow his passion with finance, since middle school, Joaquin has managed an investment account that has grown to thousands of dollars in assets. Additionally, Joaquin is the founder and president of his school’s Investing & Finance Club. This club serves to educate his fellow students on the fundamentals of finance and they also manage an investment account with $25,000. Following through with his passion to educate others on the basics of finance, Joaquin came up with the idea to create Tickets2TheFuture. Since then, he has invited his friends: Ben, Ethan, and Griffin to help him develop this idea into reality. In his meantime, Joaquin enjoys listening to music, hanging out with friends, and running.
Contact: alex.jones3319@gmail.com
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Ben Jacobs is a freshman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Ben developed an interest in economics and finance after hearing about the stock market and how much it affected people, especially during the aftermath of the great recession as well as the Covid-19 pandemic. He soon began to realize that there was much more to finance than the breaking news headlines of the S & P 500. Ben claims that the biggest contributor to his interest was a 2014 Harvard Study that found Charlotte to be the least socially mobile city of the 50 most populous areas in the US. He soon found the issue of financial literacy and education to be one of the largest culprits of Charlotte's socio-economic imbalances. This encouraged him, Griffin Bohmfalk, and his twin brother, Ethan Jacobs, to create a financial literacy club at his school, and has since expanded this into Tickets2TheFuture with Alex Jones to engage his community and make an impact on this vital issue. When Ben is not working as an advocate for socio-economic equality, he can be found at a Hornets game or sitting down and reading a good book.
Contact: bgkkjacobs@gmail.com
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Griffin Bohmfalk is a freshman in The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Honors Carolina Program. He is a pre-business and political science double major and German minor, with plans to apply to the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Growing up in a banking household in Charlotte, NC, he has always been exposed to economics and finance. With a great appreciation for the value of financial literacy, Griffin has set his sights on centering his academic and future career around economics. Leading and participating in multiple economic clubs, enrolling in several advanced economic courses, and engaging in constant debates about fiscal policies are just some of the things he indulges in while his passion for economics continues to grow and flourish. Hoping to establish better opportunities and learning environments for those who were not already exposed to the world of economics, he co-founded the financial literacy club alongside Ben and Ethan Jacobs at Myers Park High School. The next step after their success at the school level was to expand the scope of their impact on the community of Charlotte, hence the founding of Tickets2TheFuture. Griffin spent his time at Tickets2TheFuture bringing together other students with passions for economics and volunteering as well as serving as Community and Outreach Director. He now serves as a Board Member along with fellow cofounders and other company executives.
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Ethan Jacobs is a freshman attending Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Ethan is interested in economics, the stock market, and particularly how global events impact our own daily lives. When Ethan got the chance to manage his own stock portfolio, he found there were many lessons that he wished he had learned before making basic mistakes with his finances. It was because of this realization that he wanted to make sure that everyone in his community had the opportunity to learn about finance. So, he and his friends started a financial literacy club at their school. The club boasts a sizable membership and is well known at Myers Park for imparting key information to young students about the world of finance and its many opportunities. In addition to managing this club, Ethan is a captain on his debate team, where he spends his days behind podiums, making arguments about the events that shape our world. Outside of his academic and professional endeavors, Ethan likes to hang out with friends, play video games, and read books.
Contact: ethan.holden.jacobs@gmail.com