In his role as Chief Operating Officer at The Clearing, Inc. Rodney provides leadership to the business that aligns with the company’s ambition to advance operational efficiency and effectiveness while growing our market impact and reach.
Prior to joining The Clearing, Rodney served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Winrock International, where he was responsible for the strategic, programmatic, financial, and management operations with over 1,000 employees in more than 40 countries.
Before joining Winrock, Rodney worked for 20 years as a consultant on communications and strategy for the nonprofit, government and commercial sectors. There, he helped the MacArthur Foundation manage its $15 million MacArthur Fellows program— a.k.a. “genius” — awards portfolio. Rodney also worked with other prominent foundations, service providers, and philanthropic organizations, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the National Children’s Medical Center, and international aid and development projects in Iraq, Slovenia, and Qatar.
Born and raised in Alabama, Rodney graduated from Birmingham Southern College. He attended the University of St. Andrews in Scotland as a Rotary Foundation International Scholar and graduated from Harvard Kennedy School with a master’s in public policy.
