Our Story
The Third Party Risk Association (TPRA) was created out of a necessity to build a community of like-minded third party risk professionals to allow for the sharing of best practices, exchanging of ideas, and influencing of an industry.
Our founders are practitioners who built their own third party risk programs within their respective organizations and were looking for a vendor-agnostic community that could help them elevate their programs.
When they couldn't find one, they created one.
What started as a roundtable between colleagues has turned into a community of over 1,000 practitioners and TPRM service providers worldwide, all working towards the same goal: sharing knowledge and furthering the industry of TPRM.
What We Do
Activities in support of this purpose include, but are not limited to...
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Promoting Value
Promoting the value that third party risk professionals and practitioners add to their organizations.
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Sharing Knowledge
Researching, disseminating, and promoting to practitioners and stakeholders knowledge concerning third party risk and its appropriate role in control, risk management, and governance.
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Bringing People Together
Bringing together third party risk professionals and practitioners from all countries to share information, experiences, tools, and techniques.
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Providing Guidance
Providing comprehensive professional, educational, and development opportunities, as well as standards and other professional practice guidance.
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Educating
Educating practitioners and other relevant audiences on best practices in third party risk.
The organization was formed by Julie Gaiaschi and Jon Ehret on October 22, 2018 and is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit, headquartered in Iowa.
Meet the Team
TPRA strives daily to promote the value that third party risk professionals and practitioners add to their organizations; educate community members and other relevant audiences on best practices in third party risk; research and disseminate information on third party risk tools and techniques; and build third party risk guidance as a community. But we couldn't do any of this without a great team. Which is why we promote a collaborative, flexible, and inclusive work culture. We value innovation and enjoy exploring new ideas.
We have self-starting, mission-driven team members who aren't afraid to bring creative ideas to the table and have the passion and energy to drive those ideas to fruition. With that said, we put people at the center of everything we do and love to celebrate milestones and wins! As we continue to grow, we are always on the lookout for creative and passionate professionals who are always learning and teaching, while understanding the bigger picture.
