Sidney E. Goodfriend is Founder and Chairman of American Corporate Partners (ACP). Founded in 2008, ACP is a nationwide mentoring program dedicated to assisting veterans transition from the armed services to private enterprise through career counseling and networking with professionals from some of America’s finest corporations and select universities. (www.acp-usa.org).
Prior to starting ACP, Mr. Goodfriend spent approximately 24 years as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse. Mr. Goodfriend has represented a number of the largest companies in the United States. He was promoted to Managing Director of Merrill Lynch in 1996 and he retired from the investment banking industry in 2007.
Mr. Goodfriend was born and raised in New York City. He received a BA in Economics from The Johns Hopkins University and a MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Goodfriend also serves on the Board of Directors of two other not for profit organizations: Student Sponsor Partners of New York City and the Inner-City Foundation for Charity and Education of Fairfield County.
