Mr. Tarola is President of Right Advisory LLC – a firm he co- founded in 2008 to offer business betterment services based on his diverse experience. His firm leverages his extensive experience as a public company director, public company CFO and public company auditor. The firm focuses on turnaround or troubled situations, often responsible for improvement initiatives across a wide range of financial and operating functions. His leadership has benefited clients by adding needed discipline to better understand business dynamics and risks.
Mr. Tarola serves(ed) as a director of mutual funds sponsored by Franklin Resources, Inc., a director of Vista Outdoor, Inc. (NYSE: VSTO) and chair of audit and compensation committees, a director and audit committee chair of TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC), board chair of XBRL International, Inc. and the American Kidney Fund. He is member of the Board of Visitors for Temple University’s Fox School of Business where he is an adjunct professor of accounting. He is a past member of the Investor Advisory Group and the Standing Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. He currently serves on the Future of Finance task force of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, is an audit committee financial expert and has earned the NACD Directorship Certified.
He is a former Chief Financial Officer of W. R. Grace & Co. (1999-2008) (NYSE: GRA), MedStar Health, Inc. (1996-1999), The Howard University (2009-2013), Southcoast Health System (2014-2017), and Covenant Health (2018) – all large organizations with complex operations. The latter three CFO positions were under contractual agreements with Right Advisory to provide financial and operational improvement services and consulting.
Prior to becoming a CFO, Mr. Tarola was a managing partner with Price Waterhouse LLP. During his twenty-two year tenure with Price Waterhouse, he served in a variety of capacities including regional managing partner for its media and technology segment, a partner in its National SEC Services Group and an engagement partner for major client accounts.
Mr. Tarola is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant, with active licenses in three states and the District of Columbia. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with majors in accounting and marketing, from Temple University where he chaired the Advisory Board for two Presidents of the University. He is a recipient of the Award for Alumni Excellence from Temple’s Fox School of Business, has been named one of its Top 100 Graduates in its first 100 years, and was selected for its Lifetime Achievement Award in Accountancy.