Mr. Goodman advises public and private company boards, including large nonprofits, foundations, membership organizations, mutual funds and family influenced businesses on a range of confidential matters. He was an honoree in the 2023 NACD Directorship 100™, recognizing leading corporate directors and corporate governance experts who impact boardroom practices and performance.

Mr. Goodman’s prior experience includes six years as a leader in the Board Effectiveness Practice at Russell Reynolds Associates. ​

Mr. Goodman spent more than 12 years as a partner at Tapestry Networks, an organization convening board directors, investors, and regulators for peer learning and mutual understanding. He was the founder and co-chair of the Shareholder-Director Exchange (SDX), which developed the first protocol for board-shareholder engagement in the United States. For five years from 2009-2014, Mr. Goodman wrote the Leading View column for the Financial Times.

Before joining Tapestry, Mr. Goodman was CEO of Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC) subsidiary Smythe Dorward Lambert, a boutique consultancy specializing in change management, culture change, and employee  communication.

Mr. Goodman was Co-Chair of The Conference Board ESG Center’s Human Capital Management Oversight Working Group in 2019-20. He co-authored chapters in the first three editions of The Handbook of Board Governance (Wiley) covering board-shareholder engagement in 2016, board leadership in 2020, and board evaluation, forthcoming in 2023.

Mr. Goodman was a board director of Boston Scores, a nonprofit providing after-school programs in Boston public schools from 2004 to 2022. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN).​

Mr. Goodman holds an MA in politics, philosophy, and economics from Oxford University, where he was also elected President of the Oxford Union.