The owner of a pair of Monster Mini Golf and Laser Tag family-entertainment centers in Orange and Bethel, Connecticut, Mark Barra has led as the president of Global Financial Consulting LLC since 2003. Headquartered in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, Global Financial Consulting focuses on the financial turnaround of struggling organizations. The consultancy has served clients that range from large financial-service conglomerates such as Bank of America to federal government agencies like the United States Agency for International Development. In order to facilitate improved administrative functions, Mark Barra’s firm also provides turnaround management and temporary executive-management services.

Barra formerly spent seven years as a global managing director with Daimler Chrysler Capital Services in Norwalk, Connecticut. His work there involved overseeing the Global Special Assets Group’s portfolio valued in excess of $2 billion, and his accomplishments included managing more than $1.7 billion in troubled debt resolutions and securing a $20-million US Department of Defense contract for a three-year state-of-the-art ferry charter.