Rabbi Tarlow is a world-renowned speaker and expert specializing in the impact of crime and terrorism on the tourism industry, event and tourism risk management, and tourism, and economic development. He was the rabbi at Texas A&M University for over thirty years, and he currently is a member of the faculty of Texas A&M Medical College and a chaplain for the College Station, (Texas) police force and for the U.S. Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas.Tarlow has worked with numerous U.S. government agencies including the U.S.

Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Customs, the FBI, the U.S. Park Service, the Department of Justice, and the Speakers Bureau of the U.S. Department of State.Tarlow has published multiple books and academic articles including Event Risk Management and Safety, Tourism Security: Strategies for Effective Managing Travel Risk and Safety; Sports Travel; Personal Reconstruction: A Psychological, Spiritual, Financial, and Legal Course in the Art of Preventing Personal Crises and Recovering From Them; and Tourism Policing.

Dr. Tarlow is married and is a father and grandfather.