Summary
John Goodman is a policy entrepreneur and founder who has led nonprofit research organizations for decades, currently serving as President & Founder of the Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research and a Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute. He builds and promotes market-based alternatives to government regulation across health care, tax policy, and entitlement reform, translating academic rigor from his Ph.D. background into practical proposals. Previously he founded the National Center for Policy Analysis, demonstrating a sustained track record of convening experts and shaping public debate since the 1980s. Based in Dallas, he combines scholarly depth with hands-on institutional leadership, often emphasizing private-sector, competitive solutions that are politically actionable. An active communicator, he shares his work broadly via his website and public commentary, bridging research and policy implementation.
10 years of coding experience
The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Ph.D. at Columbia University