THE III CORD FOUNDATION BOARD |
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Biography |
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Reverend Tracey L. Goodner, Chairman and Founder - III Cord Foundation
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Reverend Goodner is the second of five
children born to Harold & Esther Goodner, in Indianapolis
Indiana, (home of the 2007 Super Bowl Champions). He is
married to Christine Goodner and has two adult children,
Latasha and Richmonde (Stepson) as well as one
granddaughter Alleyah. He holds three degrees (with
honors) in Business and Computer Information Systems, and
has three years of graduate seminary training, majoring in
education and missiology.
Tracey began working at the age of eleven. He held jobs
throughout high school before joining the United States
Army at eighteen years old. While in the military, he
graduated at the top of his class in Basic Training and at
the Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) Academy.
After receiving his Honorable Discharge from the military
in 1980, Tracey worked in the Restaurant Industry (5yrs)
as a General Manager, in the Investment Industry (3yrs) as
a Financial Manager, and in the Construction Engineering
Industry as a Director of Computer Information Systems and
lead CADD Draftsman (5yrs). He also worked in the Trucking
Industry (5yrs) as Senior Center Operations and
Performance Compensation Manager, and as President of his
own company (7yrs) while simultaneously teaching Business
and Entrepreneurship as an Adjunct Professor (7yrs).
As a licensed, ordained minister, Rev Goodner has served
since 1992 as a Church Planter, the Director of Christian
Education, and the Pastor of Evangelism and Outreach
Ministries. In 2002, he and his wife Christine founded
Compassion International, Inc. of Arizona, (later renamed
III Cord Foundation) in response to the lack of funding
for small start up non-profits, and churches outside of
the large mainline denominational churches. He served as
its Executive Director until 2005 and continues to serve
as its Chairman of the Board of Directors and head
cheerleader.
Rev Goodner is a respected businessman, professor and
community leader who has devoted his time, talent, and
treasures to feeding the hungry, clothing the naked,
preaching the gospel and inspiring others to believe that
with God all things are possible. He has trained and led
over thirty-five missionaries on short-term mission trips
to Mexico, Barbuda and to Uganda, building homes,
churches, schools, agriculture and economic empowerment
projects, as well as delivering education and medical
supplies. He is passionate about helping others to be
self-reliant and God-reliant, and he and his wife ascribe
to the personal mission of, “Aligning their lives to the
will of God, and overflowing into the lives of others.” |
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