Christopher Goodson

Chris Goodson, who joined the Clearinghouse in May 2023, has a more than two-decade track record of success working across education verticals. As Chief Growth Officer, Chris will oversee the organization’s continued expansion, particularly as it broadens its footprint in the workforce development and skills training areas. Before joining the Clearinghouse, Chris held several leadership positions in education technology and business solutions. Most recently, he was with Lumen Learning as Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Customer Experience. Prior to Lumen, he spent six years at Amazon Web Services (AWS), assisting U.S. Higher Education customers transform their environments with cloud services. At HMH, he served first as a Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Social Responsibility and later as Education Services, and during eight years at Microsoft, Chris held leadership roles in the U.S. and Worldwide Public Sector, focused primarily on Education. Chris has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.