Goosehead Insurance GSHD

Mark K. Miller has served as our CEO and President since July 1, 2024 and has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2018. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mr. Miller served as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company since May 2022. Prior to joining Goosehead, Mr. Miller has worked for some of the largest private equity firms in the world helping drive large scale financial and operational transformations and served as the chief financial officer of Pluralsight, Inc. (a Vista Equity Partners company) from June 2021 until appointed President and COO of the Company in May 2022. Prior to Pluralsight, Mr. Miller was the chief financial officer for three other Vista Equity Partners portfolio companies: Finastra (London, UK), Marketo (San Mateo, CA), and Active Network (Dallas, TX). At Finastra, Mr. Miller led the company's finance, accounting, and tax departments, as well as the company's procurement and facilities functions from June 2018 to June 2019. Prior to Finastra, Mr. Miller was the chief financial officer of Marketo. He joined Marketo in April 2017 after the company was taken private by Vista Equity Partners. Mr. Miller resigned from Marketo in April 2019 after successfully selling the company to Adobe for $4.75 billion in October 2018. Prior to Marketo, Mr. Miller was the chief financial officer of Active Network from 2014 to 2016 and the chief financial officer of L.H.P. Hospital Group from 2013 to 2014. Mr. Miller spent 18 years with Sabre Holdings where he held multiple operating and finance positions and was instrumental in the company's IPO and its subsequent $5 billion privatization transaction. He was Sabre's chief financial officer from 2010 to 2013. Early in his career, Mr. Miller worked for Ernst and Young, LTV Corporation, and Hertz Corporation. Mr. Miller has an Accounting degree from Texas Tech University and an MBA in Finance from Rice University. effective April 20, 2026, Mark Miller, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, ceased being President of the Company. On July 22, 2026, Mark Miller, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Goosehead Insurance, Inc. notified the Company that he will be retiring from his position as CEO effective December 31, 2026.

Mark E. Jones has served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors since July 1, 2024 and has previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since the Board of Directors was established. Mr. Jones previously served as Goosehead's CEO since co-founding the Company in 2003 through July 1, 2024, and led the strategic development and execution of all aspects of our business from inception until July 2024. Prior to leading Goosehead, he worked at the global consulting firm Bain & Company from 1991 to 2004, most recently as a senior partner and director. Mr. Jones began his professional career at Ernst & Young in Calgary, Canada from 1985 to 1989. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mark E. Jones, Jr. has served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since September 2022 and COO since August 2025, and oversees Goosehead's internal and external financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, payroll/401(k)/ESPP administration, treasury function, investor relations, corporate partnerships, operations, and strategic go-to-market revenue generating functions. Mr. Jones, Jr. joined Goosehead in 2016 as its controller and was promoted to vice president of finance in 2020. He was instrumental to Goosehead's IPO in 2018 and was responsible for overseeing Goosehead's SEC reporting, financial planning and analysis, and directly managing Goosehead's finance team. Prior to joining Goosehead, Mr. Jones, Jr. worked in Ernst & Young's Audit practice, primarily focused on financial service companies. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in finance and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mark Jones, Jr. was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and is no longer CFO of the Company effective April 20, 2026. The Board of Directors of the Company approved the appointment of Mark Jones, Jr., the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer as CEO, effective January 1, 2027. Mr. Jones, Jr. served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from September 2022 to April 2026, and has served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company since August 2025 and as President of the Company since April 2026.

Peter Lane has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2018. Mr. Lane previously served as chief executive officer of Axip Energy Services LP, formerly known as Valerus, an oilfield services company headquartered in Houston, Texas, from 2010 to 2016. Prior to joining Axip, Mr. Lane was an operating partner with TPG Global, LLC from 2009 to 2011. Before TPG, Mr. Lane spent 12 years at Bain & Company, where he led the Dallas and Mexico City offices as well as the oil and gas practice. He became a partner at Bain in 2003. Mr. Lane has served on the board of Taylor Morrison Homes since 2012 and has been a senior advisor to Altamont Capital Partners since 2017. Mr. Lane holds a BS in physics from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and an MBA from the Wharton School.

James Reid has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2018. Mr. Reid was named president and CEO of Higginbotham in 1989 at the age of 27. At that time, he implemented the firm's defining single source service model whereby customers can obtain all their insurance and financial services under one roof. He also had the foresight to establish Higginbotham's employee ownership structure, aligning all employees' interests in the success of the firm. Under Mr. Reid's leadership, Higginbotham has grown to become the nation's 20 largest independent insurance brokerage firm and Texas's largest-one with full property/casualty, financial and HR service capabilities through offices coast to coast. After receiving a bachelor's degree in business administration/insurance from the University of North Texas, Mr. Reid began his insurance carrier in 1983 as an assistant to the principals of Ramey, King, & Minnis Insurance Agency. He moved on to American General Fire & Casualty Company as a territorial marketing manager before joining Higginbotham as its 12th employee in 1986.

Waded Cruzado has served as a member of our Board of Directors since February 2022. Ms. Cruzado served as President of Montana State University from 2010 until her retirement in June 2025, during which Montana State University set new student enrollment records and became 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 masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Robyn Jones is the co-founder of Goosehead and has served as a director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2018. Prior to her retirement in 2020, Ms. Jones managed our physical facilities, was actively involved in our recruiting program and led our Women's Initiative Network (previously the Women's Professional Development Program). Ms. Jones was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Montana State University in recognition of her support of the university in addressing Montana's healthcare challenges.

William Wade, Jr. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2025. Mr. Wade has over 25 years of experience as a senior partner and consultant at Bain & Company, specializing in leveraging emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), to drive innovation and growth. Throughout his career, he has worked with corporations and private equity firms to optimize performance through digital transformations and agile operating models. Mr. Wade holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and Siebel Scholar, and bachelor's and master's degrees in accountancy from Brigham Young University.

On April 22, 2026, Goosehead Insurance, Inc. announced that John Martin was appointed as the Company's Chief Financial Officer effective April 20, 2026. Since November 2021, he served as CFO of RugsUSA, a private equity-backed e-commerce platform, where he oversaw finance, strategy, corporate development, and capital markets. Mr. Martin joined RugsUSA as a director of financial planning and analysis in 2019 and was promoted to vice president of finance and strategy in May 2020. During his tenure, he played a key role in the company's enterprise transformation initiatives. Mr. Martin has held public and private equity investment roles at Highbridge Capital Management and Providence Equity Partners after beginning his career in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Martin graduated summa cum laude from Duke University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics with High Distinction and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

On March 30, 2026, the Company announced that it has approved the appointment of Martin Ellis Thornthwaite to serve as General Counsel of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Thornthwaite most recently served as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel at RealPage, Inc., where he was responsible for overseeing complex commercial and consumer litigation, regulatory and governmental investigations, and employment-related legal matters and supported corporate governance and financial reporting processes. Prior to joining RealPage, Mr. Thornthwaite was a member at Clark Hill PLC and a partner at Strasburger & Price LLP. Mr. Thornthwaite holds a Juris Doctor from the SMU Dedman School of Law and a BBA in Finance and Business Honors from The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business.

Louis Goldberg was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors (the Board) effective February 18, 2026. Mr. Goldberg previously was a senior partner of Davis Polk, a leading US and international law firm, for over 28 years and a leader of its board advisory practice. Mr. Goldberg was recognized by Forbes as one of America's Top Lawyers in 2025, and by American Lawyer as a Dealmaker of the Year for 2024. He has been a lead advisor to many industry-leading corporations around the world on their most challenging board and corporate matters for many years. Since 2020, Mr. Goldberg has been a Special Advisor to Hope Community Services, a New York-based community services organization feeding and supporting thousands of underprivileged people. Mr. Goldberg holds a B.Bus.Sci LLB degree (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and an LLM (First Class honors) from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.