Source: Renala

https://leadwithfamily.com/about/

"Transforming Families. Transforming the Future.

Renala is named after the magnificent Baobab trees in Africa because we ask families, What if your family tree became less about the past—and more about the future?

We believe leadership begins at home, which is why we provide families holistic support to have hard conversations, solve conflict, lead with strengths, and co-create a vision, purpose, and values for your lives together.

We use the power of play—using LEGO, art, storytelling, games, and more—through experiential retreats, immersive experiences, and personalized strengths coaching for couples and families.

Play activates up to 80 percent of the brain—whereas talking aloud activates only 15 percent—enabling your family to more quickly and sustainably create new habits and step into the connected and aligned personal, family, and work life you long for.

Geoff Anderson

Co-Founder + Managing Partner

Geoff retired in 2024 as one of the elite pilots to fly the President aboard Air Force One. His career included key leadership roles supporting the White House, combat airlift and humanitarian operations in multiple theaters, and training future fighter pilots at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program. His leadership experience in high-stakes environments brings a unique perspective to family development.

He is the co-author of the book, Living Room Leadership (2025)."

Source: audible

https://www.audible.com/author/Geoff-Anderson/B0FT6CSFX4

"A retired Air Force One pilot and former Director of Operations for the Presidential Airlift Group, Geoff brings more than 20 years of military leadership experience into the heart of family transformation work. As one of the elite pilots selected to fly the President aboard Air Force One, Geoff served in one of the most prestigious and high-stakes roles in the military. His career included key leadership roles supporting the White House, combat airlift and humanitarian operations in multiple theaters, and training future fighter pilots at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program. In 2024, Geoff made the courageous decision to retire from military service to co-lead Renala alongside his wife, Brittany. His shift from Presidential pilot to family leadership coach was rooted in a desire not only to be a leader—but to inspire and create them. Through Renala, Geoff now helps families design vision, purpose, and values together, using experiential retreats, coaching, and play-based tools to help families better understand one another, build stronger support systems, and co-create a vision, purpose, and values for their family. He is the co-author of the book, Living Room Leadership."

Garrett Boorojian and Claudia Romo Edelman discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Source: Bio - Claudia Romo Edelman

https://www.claudiaromoedelman.com/pages/bio

"CLAUDIA ROMO EDELMAN

Claudia Romo Edelman is a global brand builder, entrepreneur, and cultural strategist focused on shaping purposeful, credible narratives. She has held senior roles at the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, UNICEF, UNHCR, and the Global Fund, and helped launch initiatives such as Product (RED) and the Sustainable Development Goals. Her work centers on building trust, mobilizing communities, and creating enduring brands.

She is the Founder and Executive Chair of We Are All Human and its flagship initiative, The Hispanic Star, which has partnered with more than 300 companies, 100 Hispanic organizations, research institutions, and media outlets to elevate the U.S. Latino narrative.

She recently launched Sotol Romo, blending global vision with deep Mexican roots to create a brand defined by ascent and intention. A leading voice for Latinos and women, she champions visibility, equity, and recognition of Latino communities as a powerful economic and cultural force.

Claudia is a thought leader and speaker, and author of ten bilingual children’s books with Macmillan Publishers, plus five books on Hispanic topics.

Named one of Bloomberg’s Women Who Lead 2026 at Davos and one of Time’s Top 17 Hispanics of 2024, she has received honors including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. She serves on nonprofit boards, including the Harvard David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino.

Claudia holds a Master’s degree in Political Communication from the London School of Economics, is fluent in six languages, and enjoys sports with her husband and spending time with her two children.

In this new entrepreneurial chapter, Claudia brings together her global expertise and her Mexican tradition—bridging heritage and vision to unite the best of both worlds: her cultural roots and her entrepreneurial drive."

Source: World Economic Forum

https://www.weforum.org/people/claudia-romo-edelman/

"Claudia Romo Edelman, a Mexican-Swiss Diplomat is the founder of “We Are All Human”, an organization cultivating radical inclusion by promoting tolerance and diversity to fight racial xenophobic discrimination. In addition to this role, Romo is a Special Advisor of UNICEF and currently serves on the board for Bank Street College of Education, Hispanicize, and Agrosmart. She is a judge for the D&AD Impact Awards and Cannes Lion SDG Awards. Romo launched her career as a journalist and press correspondent for Latin American media companies such as Notimex, Proceso, Infrared Monitor. Recognized as a strategist in communications and media Romo has run PR for the World Economic Forum in Switzerland (1999- 2007), the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria. Since 2014 Romo worked with the Executive Office of the Secretary General for the United Nations helping to lead communications and advocacy on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change. She is also a marketing professor at the University of Geneva for MBA students with a specialization in international organizations, IOMBA, and MOOCs marketing.

Holding a Masters of Political Communications from the London School of Economics, Romo also has degrees in Communications, Philosophy, and Photography. A frequent public speaker and moderator her favorite topics of discourse include Radical inclusion and diversity; Latino entrepreneurship and..."

Garrett Boorojian and Dara Torres discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Source: Dara Torres

https://www.daratorres.com/about-dara-torres/

"Dara's Story

About Dara Torres

Dara Torres, the most decorated US female Olympic athlete of all-time, NY Times best-selling author, fitness advocate, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and mother, started her career on the international stage by breaking her first world record at the age of 15. This incredible feat was accomplished on the way to her first of 5 Olympic appearances, in Los Angeles at the 1984 Games.

Torres who owns 4 Gold, 4 Silver and 4 Bronze medals was never someone that competed for the accolades instead for the challenge of doing what no one else has ever done. That intense passion for the unknown has driven Dara to represent the US from age 15 to age 41. This incredible journey, 26 years on the Olympic stage, has never been accomplished by any other American athlete and serves as the backdrop for Dara’s incredibly motivating speeches delivered to corporations all over the world. As one of the most requested female keynote speakers, Dara captivates audiences with her story of overcoming obstacles such as her age both young and old, injuries, insecurities, eating disorders, being bullied and others on her way to one of the most storied Olympic careers ever. Torres was inducted into the United States Olympic Committee’s Hall of Fame in 2019 along with other iconic Olympic athletes such as Nastia Liukin, Apolo Ohno, and Misty May-Treanor.

During Dara Torres’s career, she was a Wilhelmina model, named the first athlete model featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, hosted the most successful fitness infomercial of all-time the Tae-bo program with Billy Blanks selling over 10 million DVDs, and also worked on Cindy Crawford’s Crepe Erase which generated hundreds of millions of dollars in sales.

Dara has been a spokesperson for hundreds of companies including Toyota, Quaker Oats, Speedo, CaniBrands, Amlactin, and others. Dara is visible regularly on CBS Sports’ We Need To Talk, the first-ever all-female sports talk show that airs nationally, focusing on women’s perspective of sports.

Additionally, Dara is an entrepreneur and has invested in several companies including CaniBrands, a leading CBD company in addition to owning equity in two (2) Barre Method studios. Dara has found being an entrepreneur as challenging and competitive as being an Olympic level athlete says Dara, “I always remember my father being in business for himself, so I am sure that is where I got the hunger for wanting to be involved with ownership. I love the competition and the passion to succeed so my skills are always getting better, but my desire to make my companies great is always there!”

Dara is involved with several charities as well including Princess Charlene of Monaco’s global initiative on drowning prevention, the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation. Dara travels the globe in support of the Princess and her cause, trying to save children in need of assistance from drowning."

Source: BC Eagles Staff Directory

https://bceagles.com/staff-directory/dara-torres/1816

"Dara Torres, one of the most decorated Olympians in United States history, was announced as the head men's and women's swimming & diving coach at Boston College on June 18..."

Source: DARA TORRES | 4 Gold | 4 Silver | 4 Bronze |

https://www.teamusa.com/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-members/dara-torres

Garrett Boorojian and Rina Shah discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Rina spoke about her:

• Family Tree and Career Background
• "Republican against Trump" stance, and her concerns regarding the future of the Republican Party post-2026 Midterms
• Criticism about the War in Iran, which includes the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, with no foreseeable conclusion of the war
• Loss for words over the innocent Iranian school girls and staff who were killed by an inadvertent U.S. missile strike, which the Trump Administration will not take on any responsibility

Garrett shared his:

• Criticism about President Trump's domestic and foreign policy decisions, including the War in Iran, that don't serve the best interests of the American people
• Anger about the problems and crimes that have happened so far during the second Trump Administration, such as in Minneapolis, Austin, and San Jose, that were the direct or indirect results of ICE (Minneapolis) and the War in Iran (Austin and San Jose)
• Concerns about "a point of no return" due to the innocent Iranian school girls and staff who were killed by an inadvertent U.S. missile strike, which the Trump Administration will not take on any responsibility

Garrett and Rina agree that:

• The relationship between American voters and President Trump is strained because of the War in Iran
• Non-MAGA Republicans, like Rina, have a much easier time engaging in a civil discussion with Democrats
• Republicans need to have the same unifying message leading up to the 2026 Midterm Elections in what will appear to be decisive Democratic victories across the board

".... I'm a Republican because I believe in freedom, opportunity and a strong defense, but not blind loyalty. I think the party that owns that kind of message, principle, forward-looking, not reactionary, they're going to connect with the independents and the weary voters who want leadership and not more division. - Rina Shah

Source: © 2025 Renew Democracy Initiative

"RINA SHAH

Advisor

https://rdi.org/team/rina-shah/

Rina Shah is a Washington, DC-based geopolitical risk advisor, political commentator, and award-winning social entrepreneur. She has served as a senior aide to two Republican U.S. House members, a top consultant to two presidential campaigns, and a sought-after counselor to elected officials, diplomats, and corporate leaders worldwide. A proud West Virginia native and daughter of immigrants from Uganda and India, Shah rose to national prominence in 2016 as the first RNC delegate to publicly oppose Donald Trump’s nomination, leading the #NeverTrump movement. This stance triggered her removal from the RNC—later reversed after a legal battle.

In 2020, she founded Republican Women for Biden; in 2024, she led the Republicans for Harris coalition. Shah currently serves as Senior Fellow for Inclusive Governance at the Rainey Center and sits on the boards of the Women’s Congressional Staff Foundation, League of Minority Voters, and VoteRunLead. She co-founded the Women’s Public Leadership Network. Named by Business Insider as one of “20 political strategists to watch ahead of 2022 and 2024,” she is represented by United Talent Agency and contributes frequently to BBC, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN. Most recently, she became a Senior Advisor to Our Republican Legacy, advocating for a GOP rooted in constitutional principles, fiscal responsibility, and inclusive leadership. Her pro-democracy work spans the globe, from Germany to the Maldives."

Garrett Boorojian and Yogi Roth discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Garrett's first podcast guest, College Football Hall of Famer, National Champion, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Lou Holtz, who was referenced in this episode passed away after this interview was recorded on February 12, 2026 but before it aired on June 9, 2026. Garrett's honored his late friend and former colleague, Lou Holtz, multiple times, which included a dedicated A Tree to Remember ™ in his memory.

"Celebrate the game and coach the viewer." – Yogi Roth

Source: Yogi Roth | Yogi Roth Bio

https://www.yogiroth.com/

https://www.yogiroth.com/bio/

"Yogi Roth has been driven by the power of sports and story for over 20 years, as an on-air college football analyst, Elite 11 coach, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, and New York Times and Amazon best-selling author. A former Pitt wide receiver and USC coach, he is also a motivational speaker, tv and event host, and world traveler. To talk football, family, and storytelling, connect with him @YogiRoth.

Yogi began his storytelling career after coaching football at USC, co-authoring the New York Times best-seller Win Forever with Pete Carroll, as well as his second book From PA to LA..."

"BROADCASTER

Yogi has been broadcasting college football & other sports for nearly two decades on the Big Ten Network, Pac-12 Networks, Fox, ESPN, NFL Network, Turner, Sirius XM, Bleacher Report & more.

PODCASTS

Yogi is currently hosting Y-OPTION: College Football through the lens of the West Coast on every podcast platform and on Substack. Spanning 8 years, this podcast has evolved to become the go to source for powerful stories, thoughtful dialogue in sport & discerning opinions. Y-OPTION is a uniquely expert, curious, and western take on the college football. Yogi has hosted a variety of podcasts in his career from Ted & Yogi's Pac-12 Adventure to a groundbreaking podcast titled The Season of Sam with former USC QB and current Minnesota Vikings QB Sam Darnold.

FILMMAKER

Yogi has directed, produced & starred in over 20 films around the globe in theatres, on television & digital platforms.

SPEAKER & MODERATOR

Yogi has spoken on the world stage at TEDx & around the globe alongside brands such as Nike, World Surf League, Capital One, NACDA, Dignity Health, PMK*BNC, IMG College & various universities. He consistently moderates conversations with some of the most powerful names in sports.

AUTHOR

Yogi recently released 5-Star QB and his first children's book titled, Finding Free Fun. He also wrote From PA to LA and co-authored the New York Times best-seller Win Forever with Pete Carroll.

TRAVEL

Yogi has explored over 30 countries, seeking & uncovering the humanity in sports at each stop.

RAD TEES

Sports and Story have shaped Yogi's life from the age of 6. Ever since he began to travel it became the third bucket that drove inspiration to his life. An explorer of over 30 countries, Yogi has come to realize that a quality shirt can impact an adventure. Enjoy this new collaboration with Another Best Day, as each tee is cut from the same cloth: to seek and uncover humanity in sports around the globe."

Source: Yogi Roth Newsletter

"https://www.yogiroth.com/newsletter/"

Garrett Boorojian and Brittany Anderson discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Source: https://leadwithfamily.com/living-room-leadership/

"NEW BOOK BY BRITTANY + GEOFF ANDERSON

Unlock the Power of Living Room Leadership

What if your living room became your most powerful leadership training ground?"

Source: https://leadwithfamily.com/about/

"About Renala

Transforming Families. Transforming the Future.

Renala is named after the magnificent Baobab trees in Africa because we ask families, What if your family tree became less about the past—and more about the future?

We believe leadership begins at home, which is why we provide families holistic support to have hard conversations, solve conflict, lead with strengths, and co-create a vision, purpose, and values for your lives together.

We use the power of play—using LEGO, art, storytelling, games, and more—through experiential retreats, immersive experiences, and personalized strengths coaching for couples and families.

Play activates up to 80 percent of the brain—whereas talking aloud activates only 15 percent—enabling your family to more quickly and sustainably create new habits and step into the connected and aligned personal, family, and work life you long for.

Brittany Anderson

Co-Founder + CEO

Brittany's passion for family-first leadership was sparked by her own story as a mom and military spouse to a now-retired Air Force One pilot. Their fierce pursuit of career growth left them on the brink of divorce in 2019, until they discovered the power of transformational work not just in transforming their family—but their leadership in every sphere of their lives.

Brittany is a certified transformational coach, LEGO SERIOUS PLAY facilitator, Narrative Intelligence practitioner (Level II), and CliftonStrengths strategist whose 20+ year career began as a journalist covering Capitol Hill to later leading vision and strategy development for major organizations including World Vision, USAID, and the National Cancer Institute.

Brittany is the co-author of the book, Living Room Leadership (2025).

Geoff Anderson

Co-Founder + Managing Partner

Geoff retired in 2024 as one of the elite pilots to fly the President aboard Air Force One. His career included key leadership roles supporting the White House, combat airlift and humanitarian operations in multiple theaters, and training future fighter pilots at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program. His leadership experience in high-stakes environments brings a unique perspective to family development.

He is the co-author of the book, Living Room Leadership (2025)."

Garrett Boorojian and Drew Bledsoe discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Drew's NFL Career / Accolades:

– 251 Passing Touchdowns / 44,611 Passing Yards

– Super Bowl 36 Champion / 2x AFC Champion

– 4x Pro–Bowler

– 1994 Passing Yards Leader

– New England Patriots Hall of Famer / All–1990s Team

Source: https://www.bledsoefamilywinery.com/Our-Story

"Our Story

The uniqueness and diversity of the Walla Walla Valley is unlike anything in the world. Having a career in the NFL was the realization of a childhood dream, but somehow, I couldn’t deny the pull of my roots back to my hometown. My wife Maura and I, along with our team, are excited to celebrate this special place with you by sustainably crafting the purest expression of it with each vintage. We hope you enjoy!

Bledsoe Wine Estates

A Family of Wines

An exploration of the Walla Walla Valley and an open invitation to those who believe that celebrations of life’s victories - small or large - are always more memorable with unforgettable wine. Bledsoe Family is an important member of a family of wineries that make up Bledsoe Wine Estates. The nationally acclaimed Cabernet Sauvignon of Doubleback, accessible varietals of Bledsoe Family Winery, and boundary-pushing Pinot Noir and Syrah of Bledsoe|McDaniels all showcase our commitment to exploring the full potential of our land to produce authentically representative American luxury wines.

Doubleback

“Go big or go home,” they say, but where do you go if you’re already home? If you’re Drew Bledsoe, you go for glory. Because when you’ve doubled back to play in front of the home crowd, there’s too much on the line to go for anything else. So, you apply your passion for wine and the leadership skills gained from the hometown you love into building an estate-focused winery hellbent on crafting one of America’s finest Cabernet Sauvignons. You and your wife, Maura, find the perfect piece of land to grow an estate vineyard and then build a team around a winemaking wunderkind named Josh McDaniels. You first have to explain to him what you think you are doing dabbling in his business but he listens to your story and is inspired by your desire to pay homage to your, and his, hometown, and the next thing you know your first interpretation of home – elegance, balanced, complex and truly representative of the ground it came from – is rated one of America’s best, and the rest is history. Except, really, it’s just the beginning.

Bledsoe|McDaniels

A winemaking team driving for glory and built around high-performing, ultra-competitive leaders and team members isn’t kicking the ball away often. Bledsoe|McDaniels Winery is the payoff for the team’s willingness to embrace risk and go deep on fourth and short. Emerging from the Bledsoe Family Winery’s “idea laboratory” and in response to consumer demand, Bledsoe|McDaniels is the stunning outcome of Drew Bledsoe and Josh McDaniels’ long-standing friendship and desire to make their favorite wine of the Willamette Valley – Pinot Noir – along with homegrown Syrah. Like all Bledsoe wines, these are balanced, elegant and complex wines that demonstrate a unique sense of place while showcasing both the differences and similarities between the renowned valleys.

Sustainability

Sustainability isn’t just a philosophy we subscribe to, it’s an ongoing practice that extends far beyond just our farming. While it certainly is about the land, it’s also equally about our people, our community, and our establishment.

Bledsoe Family Winery

229 E Main St. Walla Walla WA 99362

1-509-792-3510"

Garrett Boorojian and Marty Scott discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Source: Liverpool Legends

https://www.liverpoollegends.com/about

"Liverpool Legends are four world-class musicians and actors, hand-picked by Louise Harrison — sister of the late George Harrison — to honor her brother’s legacy and re-create the band that changed the world forever..

Internationally acclaimed, Liverpool Legends have toured the world with sold-out shows across the U.S., Europe, Mexico, Canada, Israel, Ukraine, India, and South America. They have headlined prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, The Cavern Club, Busch Stadium, The Rose Bowl for an audience of 50,000, and Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City.

They have recorded at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios in London and earned a Grammy nomination for their work on Fab Fan Memories – A Beatles Bond."

Source: Liverpool Legends

https://www.liverpoollegends.com/the-show

"The Show

From the early mop-top hits to the Abbey Road Classics — relive every era of The Beatles.

The Complete Beatles Experience! — a journey through the history of The Beatles. From the early mop-top mania of “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” and “Twist and Shout”, you’ll relive the excitement that changed music forever. Travel down Penny Lane and into the colorful world of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, then soar into the timeless anthems of the late ’60s. In the end, you’ll Come Together for sing-along classics like “Get Back,” “Here Comes the Sun,” and “Hey Jude.”

This unforgettable show is personally narrated by Louise Harrison, sister of the late George Harrison, making it the only Beatles tribute with a direct family connection. It’s more than a concert — it’s a chance to relive the music that defined a generation."

Source: Liverpool Legends

https://www.liverpoollegends.com/new-page

"TICKET TO RIDE: MARTY SCOTT OF LIVERPOOL LEGENDS

Marty Scott shares his story of the long and winding road that led him to stardom as George Harrison in Branson’s Liverpool Legends.

WRITTEN BY JEFF HOUGHTON | PHOTO BY CHUCK TRAVERS 417 MAGAZINE Jan 2017

Marty Scott found himself sitting on a couch wedged between Paul McCartney and Louise Harrison, George Harrison’s sister. Squeezed beside one legendary Beatle and the sister of another would feel surreal to anybody, but especially to Scott because he had recently begun playing George Harrison in a Beatles tribute band.

“I’m thinking, ‘This is weird,’” Scott recalls. “I’m still freaking out that I’m with her, you know? We sat with Paul for like 45 minutes on the couch. It was a cool time in my life, just bizarre. I got to sing with him for a second. It was the coolest day ever.”

Scott and Harrison had recently become friends when she spotted him performing as George Harrison in a festival in Chicago just a few months after George had passed away. “This figure comes out on stage looking exactly like my brother, singing a song [‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’] sounding exactly like my brother, and for the first time since he had died, the tears just streamed down my face,” remembers Harrison.

It was then that they struck up a friendship and eventually a plan to work together. Scott ended up starting a new..."

Garrett Boorojian and Barbara McQuade discuss relationship building in a team environment.

Source: University of Michigan Law School

https://michigan.law.umich.edu/faculty-and-scholarship/our-faculty/barbara-l-mcquade

"Barbara L. McQuade

Professor from Practice

• Law School
• [email protected]

Assistant(s)

• Lilian Epley

Barbara L. McQuade, BA ’87, JD ’91, is a professor from practice at Michigan Law. Her interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, national security, data privacy, and civil rights. From 2010 to 2017, McQuade served as the US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Appointed by President Barack Obama, she was the first woman to serve in her position.

McQuade also served as vice chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee and co-chaired its Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee. As US attorney, she oversaw cases involving public corruption, terrorism, corporate fraud, theft of trade secrets, civil rights, and health care fraud, among others. She also serves as a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Lawfare, Just Security, Slate, and National Public Radio, and she has been quoted in The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Politico, and other publications.

Before becoming US attorney, McQuade was an assistant US attorney in Detroit for 12 years, serving as deputy chief of the National Security Unit, where she handled cases involving terrorism financing, export violations, threats, and foreign agents. She began her career practicing law at the firm of Butzel Long in Detroit. She previously taught at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.

McQuade has been recognized by the Detroit Free Press with the Neal Shine Award for Exemplary Regional Leadership, The Detroit News with the Michiganian of the Year Award, Crain’s Detroit Business as a Newsmaker of the Year and one of Detroit’s Most Influential Women, the Detroit Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Arab American Civil Rights League with their Tribute to Justice Award, and the Council on Legal Education Opportunity with its Diversity Award.

McQuade is the author of Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America."

Source: Barbara McQuade

https://www.barbaramcquade.com/

BARBARA MCQUADE

The Fix

Book Tour

Attack from Within

THE FIX

Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government..."

Garrett Boorojian and Rhoda Griffis discuss relationship building in a team environment.

"... [T]his platform is fabulous Garrett, there is a door for everybody, and that's thanks to you." – Rhoda Griffis

Source: University of North Carolina School of the Arts

https://www.uncsa.edu/about/leadership/uncsa-board-of-trustees/board/rhoda-griffis.aspx

"Rhoda Griffis

Vice Chair

UNCSA Board of Trustees

A native of North Carolina, Rhoda Griffis has made her home and galvanized her professional career in the Southeast market. Rhoda is a professional working actress with over 40 years and 250+ credits in film, television, theatre, commercials, voice-overs and print.

Holding a B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she was a member of the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival Acting company for seven seasons, and toured the east coast teaching Shakespeare in schools. In between acting work, Griffis charges her artistic batteries teaching on-camera acting, theatre, voice-overs and assistant directs in the fine arts department of The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia."

Source: Rhoda Griffis

https://www.rhodagriffis.net/

"Rhoda Griffis is an Atlanta-based Actor

John Cusack: “I kept telling Rhoda she should move to LA and get her own sitcom… I guess LA’s loss is Atlanta’s gain.” (Runaway Jury)

Jackie Burch: “When I moved here from LA and met Rhoda, I remember a director jumping up, throwing his arms in the air with joy, from having an actor who is so solid and with quite the range. I was beaming.” (Casting Director)

Peter Hedges: “Rhoda IS the Meryl Streep of the South.” (The Odd Life of Timothy Green)

Andy Fickman: “Rhoda’s just an amazing local ATL actress and she came in for another role…(through her) this character was born and we started adding her to scenes in the movie - we just loved what she was doing.” (Parental Guidance)

For Full Resume go to: www.imdb.me/rhodagriffis"

Source: Rhoda Griffis - Biography - IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341421/bio/

"Rhoda Griffis has acted in more than 150 Film and Television projects, such as WALK THE LINE, ROAD TRIP, THE BLIND SIDE, RUNAWAY JURY, JUST MERCY and THE BANKER. Television credits include series ARMY WIVES, DROP DEAD DIVA, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, MINDHUNTER and recently THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES and OZARK. Her extensive list of Regional Theatre credits include leading roles in MACBETH, RICHARD III, ANGELS IN AMERICA, PROOF, INTIMATE APPAREL, COLLECTED STORIES and DINNER WITH FRIENDS. Rhoda had the honor of playing friend of the Iconic Dolly Parton in A DOLLY PARTON MAGICAL MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS. Ms Griffis holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where she serves on the Board of Directors. Rhoda loves being a working actor.- IMDb mini biography by: UNCSA"

Source: Rotten Tomatoes

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rhoda-griffis

"Rhoda Griffis

Veteran character actress Rhoda Griffis has played everyone from Jacqueline Kennedy to Lady MacBeth, but she counts the scheming Lenore Ludwig Baker on "Army Wives" (Lifetime, 2007-14) as one of..."