John Goodwin

Mr. Stephen J.
Goodwin is a Managing Member at Filament LLC.
He is a member of the firm’s investment committee.
He work over three decades has touched nearly every aspect of private family wealth management including wealth structuring, preservation and transfer, philanthropy advising, and investment management.
He brings special expertise and perspective to the firm’s philanthropic advisory practices by integrating tools and lessons learned as an estate planning lawyer, principal gifts fundraiser and wealth management strategist.
He is a member of the Washington State Bar.
He is a founding board member of the Seattle Philanthropic Advisors Network.
He currently chairs the Seattle University Planned Giving Advisory Committee and is a member of the President’s Campaign Steering Committee.
He currently also chairs the Endowment and Planned Giving Committee of Seattle Preparatory School.
Prior to co-founding Filament in 2005, Mr. Goodwin was employed as a Principal by Cornerstone Advisors, Inc., a Principal by Foster Pepper PLLC, a Trustee by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, a Principal by Quellos Group LLC, and Associate Vice President by University of Washington.
He is a past endowment and advisory board member of John F.
Kennedy Catholic High School.
Mr. Goodwin received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington (Order of the Coif) and his BA (magna cum laude in Economics) from the University of Notre Dame.