Beth Goodman Email & Phone Number

ECONorthwest is an economics, finance, and land-use consulting firm. I work as a policy analysis and planner, focusing on policy-making from a market perspective. My clients are typically jurisdictions or private clients the western U.S.. My job is to provide high-quality information to help my clients make good public policy decisions, focusing on economic development, housing needs, affordable housing, urban form, and other public policy issues.I joined ECONorthwest as a research analyst in 2005 and was promoted to project manager in 2006. In 2018, I was promoted to project director. I support, manage and now direct projects such as housing needs analysis, housing policy analysis, economic opportunities analysis, urban growth boundary analysis, market analysis, surveys, and other analysis. In 2021, I became ECONorthwest’s human capital liaison, assuming responsibilities for supporting management and professional development of ECONorthwest’s staff.

Teach classes to Planning and Public Policy graduate students about professional development and analytical tools.

I worked for the Community Service Center in the PPPM Department at the University of Oregon as a student researcher. I worked on and managed a variety of planning projects during my time with the CSC, including: an evaluation of a refridgerator replacement program, a survey about economic development policies, a market analysis for development of a facility in the Columbia River Gorge, and a national survey about the impact of regulation on housing affordability.

I worked for the Statistics Department.

Master'S Degree, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Master'S Degree, Public Administration

Bs, Psychology