About Tripp

A graduate of Philips Exeter Academy, Tripp earned a bachelors degree in economics from Amherst College, and a law degree from Tulane University Law School. Tripp has gone on to become certified as a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), and an Accredited Estate Planner (AEP). He received a masters degree in financial services from American College and has finished all class requirements for a masters in counseling at Loyola University.
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Tripp is the author of one previous book, FreeGulliver: Six Swift Lessons In Life Planning, available from Trost Publishing. Alan Webber, the founding editor of FastCompany, praised Tripp's "candid, straightforward, and practical advice" and "calm voice," which readers have also found reassuring in The Tunnel.
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Tripp comes from a long line of community leaders. He formed the Young Leadership Council with a handful of other young business leaders in 1986. Today the YLC boasts over 1,000 members and has raised millions for charitable and civic purposes.
Tripp has served as President of the Young Leadership Council, Chairman of the Board of Isidore Newman School, and as a Board Member of the Arts Council, the Contemporary Arts Center, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Advisory Council, and the Community Service Center.
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Tripp's greatest accomplishments have nothing to do with money or status. They are his three children and his marriage to Heidi Freidler. In fact, asked to list one of his most meaningful life experiences, he’ll tell anyone who’ll listen about winning the U10 Boys Championship in soccer when he coached his son’s team.
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In the name of Henry Friedler, Tripp Friedler is donating 100% – that's one hundred percent – of the royalties from sales of The Tunnel to mental health charities throughout the United States including those listed at the end of the book.