Bob Rodgers became the fourth president of Richmont Graduate University in 2012, taking over the school that focuses on Christian-based counseling and ministry. He was the fundraising pointman for the school’s new $2.3 million Atlanta campus and also launched university-sponsored trauma centers in Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Prior to Rodgers’ appointment as president, he was a Richmont board member and also executive vice president at the school. His ran his own consulting firm, Quantum Search, whose clients included Chick-fil-A, Georgia Pacific, Baptist Healthcare and Curtis1000 marketing. Rodgers holds a bachelor of science degree in in management and marketing from Lee University and a master’s degree in Ministry from Richmont. He is the chairman of the Freedom
Coalition, a collaborative initiative that aims to halt global human trafficking.
This month, a faith-based organization in Atlanta called Street Grace elected Rodgers to be its president and chief executive officer. Street Grace is a network of community, business and church leaders who want to end Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, sexual activity in which there is a promise of the exchange of something of value to a child or another person(s) for sex with that child.
Rodgers spoke with the Times Free Press about making the transition.