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welcome!

I’m an arts educator, speaker, and spiritually-curious Nuyorican who has spent the last two decades studying the power of generosity and using social dance to create community.

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What my résumé says: I’m an accomplished educator, artist, and non-profit leader. I’ve been a public relations executive, teaching artist, performer, trainer, coach, consultant, independent school admissions associate, college professor, and nonprofit executive director. Featured in the hit documentary Mad Hot Ballroom, I bring people of all ages together through the power of social dance. I am an advocate for the power of giving practices and am the author of The Generosity Solution and founder of the Currents RI Giving Circle. I serve as a board member at a couple of amazing nonprofit organizations and I am a proud member of the Rhode Island Foundation’s Equity Leadership Initiative. I hold a B.S. in Communications Studies from New York University where I was a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar. I earned a certificate in Spiritual Entrepreneurship from the Glean Network and Venture for All Program at Columbia Business School and love working with Glean as a coach.

What really matters: When you hold someone in a dance frame, they cease to be an “other.”

The most important arena of my personal growth has been as a husband and father. I’ve been married for ten years to the most amazing wife, Noni. My sons, Rodney, Jr. and Roman inspire me to expand my heart and consistently be a better man. Ridgeley is the cutest puppy in the world (fight me) and our cat, Olive, is OK too.

 

 

 

me and my family at myrtle beach 

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the cutest puppy in the world

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this is olive.

we love her too

Leading at the intersection of generosity, purpose, and the arts to drive positive impact.

Give the gift of joyful connection to your teams and community! 

Invite Rodney to your next PD, conference, or special event.

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