2017 Barnhardt Seminar on Ethics: Carl Armato
Carl Armato is the president and chief executive officer for Novant Health. Since joining Novant in 1998 as the vice president of finance and operations for the physician divisions in both Charlotte and Winston-Salem, Armato has served in a number of senior positions including president of the Charlotte market and the chief operating officer for Novant Health. The board of trustees appointed him to his current position in January 2012. Previous experience includes serving as vice president of operations for First Care Physicians, director of finance for the General Health System in Baton Rouge, LA, and as a senior tax/audit consultant for Ernst & Young in the Baton Rouge office.
Armato currently serves as a member of the American Hospital Association Governing Council; member of the NC Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee; member of the Board of Directors for Vizient, Inc; and serves as chair of the American Heart Association Charlotte Chapter.
In 2013, the Public Relations Society of America, Charlotte Chapter, presented the Pegasus Award to Armato. He was a recipient of the American Diabetes Association Charlotte Chapter Father of the Year Award in 2015 and was selected as the honoree for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Winston-Salem in February of 2017.
Armato holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration-accounting from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and a master’s degree in business administration from Norwich University of Vermont. He is a certified public accountant licensed in Louisiana and North Carolina.