Goodrich Petroleum Corporation says that Peter Goodson has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Goodson joins the Board effective April 5, 2011 as an independent Class I Director, with a term to run until the Company's upcoming 2011 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Goodson will fill a vacancy created by the passing of one of the Company's former Class I Directors, Geraldine Ferraro.

Mr. Goodson is currently teaching at the Berkeley-Columbia joint MBA program as well as the Haas Business School at the University of California in Berkeley. He is also a fellow of Dartmouth's Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. Additionally, Mr. Goodson serves as a lead member of the Mekong Capital Advisory Board, a Vietnamese private equity firm.

Previously, Mr. Goodson was a partner of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private equity firm. Prior to joining Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Mr. Goodson served in various capacities at Kidder, Peabody, including founding the Mergers and Acquisitions and Merchant Banking Departments as well as serving as co-head of Investment Banking. In addition, he was a member of the firm's executive committee and board of directors.

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