– USA, TX – Goosehead Insurance, Inc. (NASDAQ: GSHD), a rapidly growing independent personal lines insurance agency, today announced the additions of Waded Cruzado and Tom McConnon to its Board of Directors.
Mr. McConnon was also appointed to the Audit Committee.
“Waded and Tom have achieved tremendous success in their respective fields and will impart valuable perspectives to Goosehead, as they join the Board of Directors. As the insurance industry continues to evolve and Goosehead advocates for greater consumer education in the space, the board and management team look forward to channeling their extensive, diversified experiences and trusted counsel,” said Chairman and CEO, Mark Jones.
About Waded Cruzado
Ms. Cruzado has served as President of Montana State University since 2010. Montana State University has set new student enrollment records, becoming the fastest growing and the largest university in the state. President Cruzado was honored as the 2011 Michael P. Malone Educator of the Year from the Montana Ambassadors for demonstrating outstanding accomplishment, excellence, and leadership in the field of education. In 2012, President Barack Obama appointed President Cruzado to the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. She was reappointed in 2017 and served on the board until 2020. In 2013, President Cruzado began serving on Montana’s Gov. Steve Bullock’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Task Force. Ms. Cruzado currently serves on several educational boards and was a former member of the Board of Directors of PayneWest Insurance before it was acquired by Marsh & McLennan Agency in April 2021.
Ms. Cruzado holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Puerto Rico and master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington.
About Thomas McConnon
Mr. McConnon is Managing Director – Head of Public Equities and Chief Economist at Wildcat Capital Management, LLC. At Wildcat, which he joined in October 2018, Mr. McConnon leads the public equities, investment team. Before Wildcat, Mr. McConnon was a founding Investment Partner at Indaba Capital Management, from 2010 to 2018. Before Indaba, Mr. McConnon was a Principal at TPG Capital from 2004 to 2010, where he focused on large-scale private equity investing and sat on the boards of Sabre Holdings, Creative Artists Agency and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. Before that, Mr. McConnon worked at Bain Capital and The Boston Consulting Group.
Mr. McConnon holds an AB magna cum laude from Harvard University and an MBA from Stanford University where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
About Goosehead
Goosehead is a rapidly growing and innovative independent personal lines insurance agency that distributes its products and services throughout the United States. Goosehead was founded on the premise that the consumer should be at the center of our universe and that everything we do should be directed at providing extraordinary value by offering broad product choices and a world-class service experience. Goosehead represents over 140 insurance companies that underwrite personal lines and small commercial lines risks, and its operations include a network of 15 corporate sales offices and over 2,151 operating and contracted franchise locations.
For more information: https://www.goosehead.com/
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