In December 1989, Goodbread accomplished his career goal a second time by becoming a partner with Deloitte & /touche, the firm created by the merger of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells and Touche Ross. Before the merger, Goodbread served as an audit partner in the Jacksonville, Florida, office of Touche Ross. Goodgread assumed an identical position whith the newly formed Jacksonville office of Deloitte & Touche following the marger.