In 1990 Goodman was a spokesperson for the Church of Scientology out of the L. Ron Hubbard Office of Public Relations in Los Angeles, California.
[9][10] Jim McClellan of The Observer recommended Goodman's home page at www.theta.com for information about Scientology's perspective on its conflict with critics on the Internet.
[11] As media relations director she traveled to Germany in 1997 on a six-month fact finding mission to investigate the treatment of Scientologists in the country.
[6] She told the Los Angeles Daily News that she spoke with 200 Scientologists who said that they experienced adverse effects due to being members of the Church of Scientology including losing their jobs and having their bank accounts closed.
[6] Goodman defended the Church of Scientology's analogy to the Nazis in describing Germany's treatment of Psychiatrists, saying "We know it is not a popular thing to say.