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Ben Slotkin

TFA Corps Member | 10th Grade Math Teacher @ DSST: Montview

Potomac, Maryland

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $3,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $15,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $8,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Teacher

    2024

    10th Grade Math teacher and advisor at DSST: Montview High School

  • Corps Member

    2024

    Teach for America corps member serving in a title 1 school to improve educational equity and provide a rigorous, valuable education to all children

2023 - 2023

  • Summer Intern

    2023 - 2023

    Medialink services clients with strategy and implementation at the intersection of Media, Marketing, Advertising, Tech, Sports, and Entertainment. As an intern, Ben is working as a management consultant specializing in the Corporate Strategy practice for Medialink working on client teams across the Media and Technology landscape. Ben's work product includes data analysis, slide deck deliverables, and desktop research. Ben also completed a capstone project as a conclusion to the program.

2022 - 2022

  • Summer Analyst

    2022 - 2022

    Underwrote debt and other structured return investments into growth stage companies, performing valuation and deal analysis using financial models Conducted diligence into possible growth debt investments including taking calls with management teams and conducting research and analysis of companies and industries Provided research and analysis on the current SPAC market to help guide the decision making of Anzu SPAC 1

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2021 - 2022

    ● Oversee a team of over 25 people responsible for the operating of the flagship mentorship program ● Collaborated with the CEO on big picture ideas to optimize operations and grow the organization. ● Oversaw the allocation of a $17,500 budget. ● Responsible for the recruitment and admission of our students, and organized mentor engagement to maintain our mentor network of over 150 mentors

  • Vice President of Mentor Relations

    2020 - 2021

    Responsible for maintaining the mentor network and for mentor outreach. Handled pairing our fellows with the appropriate mentors from our network. Helped to improve operational efficiency and streamlined the pairing process.

  • Campus Director

    2020 - 2021

    University of Pennsylvania's campus director for Start-Up Nation Mentorship; Recruiting and connecting students to Start-Up Nation Mentorship and its mentors.

2019 - 2021

  • Summer Camp Counselor

    2019 - 2021

    ● Coached campers aged 8-16 in tennis, working with fellow staff to plan and implement lessons ● Directly responsible for 10-20 campers as a cabin counselor, working daytime shifts daily and night shifts several times per week ● Created, planned, and implemented a new camp wide program which involved all campers and members of the staff. ● Tutored campers ages 11-16 in reading, math and science, creating lesson plans based on their required work and providing session reports to the program supervisor.