Mr. Rodd received his J.D. degree in 1974 from New York University Law School, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar and an Editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics. The University of Kansas is his undergraduate alma mater, where he received his B.A. degree in 1969. Mr. Rodd is currently serving on the Board of Directors of MFY Legal Services, Inc. and a member of the Securities Litigation Committee of the Bar Association of the City of New York. Outside the legal field, Mr. Rodd is pleased to serve as President of the Board of Directors of TADA! youth theater, with whose success in training young people in theater arts and in providing in-school and after-school theater programs in New York City public schools he has been associated for the past 20 years.