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Dr. Shane Goodwin is the Executive Director of the ÎÞÂëרÇø Corporate Governance Initiative, a collaborative effort between the Cox School of Business and Dedman School of Law at ÎÞÂëרÇø. He also serves as a Professor of Practice in Finance at the ÎÞÂëרÇø Cox School of Business and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the ÎÞÂëרÇø Dedman School of Law, where he teaches courses in mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, leadership, and corporate law.

Dr. Goodwin has over 30 years of experience in mergers & acquisitions, investment banking, private equity, and board leadership as a practitioner, educator, and expert witness. His teaching and research focus on M&A, corporate governance, and shareholder activism, areas in which he has published extensively and provided thought leadership through policy testimony, media commentary, and as an expert witness.

Previously, Dr. Goodwin served as Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Executive Education at ÎÞÂëרÇø Cox, where he led 16 graduate programs and oversaw executive education initiatives that reached over 10,000 executives annually. During his tenure, he guided a strategic transformation that elevated the MBA program ranking by nearly 25 spots to #26 in Bloomberg Businessweek, strengthened corporate partnerships, and launched new academic programs.

Beyond ÎÞÂëרÇø, Dr. Goodwin held senior academic appointments as a Senior Fellow and Director at Columbia University’s Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy, a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University.

As an expert witness, Dr. Goodwin has been retained in complex litigation matters involving M&A, corporate governance, capital markets, private equity, securities law, and fiduciary duties.  He also serves as a Board Leadership Fellow and Certified Director with the National Association of Corporate Directors. His board roles include serving as the SEC-designated Audit Committee Financial Expert and director for the Principal Private Credit Fund and Principal Real Asset Fund (affiliated with Principal Financial Group, Nasdaq: PFG, with $700+ billion AUM). He has or continues to serve on the boards or advisory boards of OrthoMed Anesthesia, Crystal Clearwater Resources, Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC), NACD North Texas, the Dallas Regional Chamber Investment Committee, and the Harvard University Club of Dallas.

Dr. Goodwin’s professional background includes nearly 25 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance with firms such as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Wells Fargo Securities, and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette/Credit Suisse. Most recently, he served as Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking for the Southwest U.S. at Wells Fargo Securities, advising on over 250 M&A transactions totaling over $50 billion and executing more than 100 financing transactions exceeding $40 billion in value.

Dr. Goodwin earned an LL.M. in Corporate Law from ÎÞÂëרÇø Dedman School of Law, a Ph.D. in Business Administration in Finance from Oklahoma State University, an MBA in Finance from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and completed graduate study at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He graduated cum laude with a BSBA in Business from the University of Tulsa, where he was named the Jess Chouteau Outstanding Senior.

A first-generation college student and former NCAA Division I football player, Dr. Goodwin was a three-year letterman, All-American Scholar, and Student-Athlete of the Year. He was drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League and later inducted into the University of Tulsa Athletic Hall of Fame (team member) and the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the Canadian Junior Football League National Championship team.