What Happened?
Kansas City, MO-based Park University has Promoted Courtney E. Goddard as General Counsel
About the Company
An independent, private institution, accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Park University currently enjoys a distinguished position in higher education as a growing entrepreneurial institution with 41 campus centers in 21 states including our extensive Online degree program.
About the Person
Courtney E. Goddard, J.D. serves as Associate Vice President & General Counsel at Park University. Goddard was first employed by Park in July, 2007 as Assistant General Counsel. She was promoted to Associate General Counsel in December, 2009. Goddard earned her Juris Doctorate at the University of Missouri Columbia in 2000, and entered private practice that same year. Immediately prior to her Park employment she was a senior associate at Blackwell, Sanders, Peper & Martin LLP in Kansas City, Mo. Before that she worked for two St. Louis law firms, Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt, P.C., and McMahon, Berger, Hanna, Linihan, Cody & McCarthy P.C. Goddard is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and several federal courts. While in private practice, she represented public and private institutions of higher learning, public school districts and corporate clients in civil, labor and employment litigation in both state and federal courts. At Park Goddard has had major responsibilities related to employment, human resources, labor, and student legal matters, has represented Park in numerous EEOC, MHRC, OCR and arbitration cases, and has also worked closely with Park's outside counsel litigation matters. She also negotiates, reviews and drafts contracts with third parties, assists with the administration of the collective bargaining agreement between Park and its full-time faculty, and works with the Director of Human Resource Services and others to keep the employee handbook current. She currently serves on the Park Strategic Planning Commission, and recently served on the search committee for the newly named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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