He has spent many years working in the fight against AIDS, having served on the board of the Richmond-Ermet AIDS Foundation of San Francisco and currently as a producer of the Los Angeles based Southland Theater Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E.), the world’s longest-running musical theatre benefit for AIDS. Rodney also serves on the boards of trustees for the First Christian Church of North Hollywood, the National City Christian Church Foundation in Washington, DC, the Disciples Seminary Foundation of Claremont, CA and his alma mater, Eureka College., Eureka, IL. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, College of Law in Urbana, IL.