Roderick Jones

A New York native, Roderick L. Jones, Ed.D MPA, has worked in nonprofits for 30 years—20 of them as an agency leader. He has helmed Goddard Riverside since February 2017; in September 2021, Goddard announced a strategic partnership that placed him at the head of the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center as well.

Previously, he spent nine years as president and CEO of Grace Hill Settlement House in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was named Not-for-Profit Leader of the Year by the Regional Chamber of Commerce and The St. Louis American. In 2021 he was named a Whole Health Hero by Empire BlueCross BlueShield and Crain’s New York Business. He has a Doctorate in Education from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York and a Master’s in Public Administration from SUNY-Brockport.