John Paul Wooden

John Paul Wooden joined CoreCivic in 2004 as manager of Corporate Accounting. He was promoted to director of Treasury in 2005 and became senior director of Accounting & Tax in 2007. Wooden was promoted again to the assistant controller in 2013. He assumed his current role in 2016. Prior to joining CoreCivic, Wooden worked at Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young, where he focused primarily on the healthcare industry. Wooden is a Certified Public Accountant and earned both his undergraduate and master's degree in accounting from the University of Tennessee.