CO-FOUNDER

Toni Rodgers is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader with extensive business experience as a McDonald’s Owner/Operator. She launched her first franchise in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and went on to build and lead high-performing operations generating more than $310 million in sales and employing over 1,800 team members.

In Denver, Toni has served as a board member for the National [McDonald’s] Owners Association, The Center for African American Health, The International Women’s Forum of Colorado, the Denver International Airport Concessionaires Association, and the Airport Minority Advisory Association, the Chevy R.O.C.K. Foundation Board Member, Washtenaw Community College Foundation, Ann Arbor State Bankk, SEMMOA (Board President), and the Denver Women’s Operation Network (Board President). She has also partnered with organizations including The Denver Links, Inc., EspeciallyME Inc., The Denver Foundation, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, and the Council for Motown Museum Expansion.

Through their philanthropic work, Toni and her husband have awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships to minority students. Together, they established The Rodgers Foundation to further advance educational and community opportunities.

Toni is happily married to Benjamin Rodgers and cherishes her blended family of children and grandchildren. She enjoys traveling, shopping, event planning, decorating, exercising, and playing the piano.

CO-FOUNDER

B. J. Rodgers brings more than 40 years of business, financial, and community leadership experience across corporate, entrepreneurial, and philanthropic sectors. He retired from General Motors as Chief Financial Officer of the General Motors Foundation and Director of Finance for the Legal Staff, Public Policy Staff, Office of the Secretary, and Treasurer of the General Motors Political Action Committee.

His commitment to service is reflected in extensive board and community involvement. He has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, and as a board member for the Ronald McDonald House, Washtenaw Community College Foundation, and the Duke University Cancer Research Foundation. He is a member of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Delta Eta Boule Foundation, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and has been active with the National Association of Accountants and Starz Girlz Empowerment.

B. J. has also supported numerous community organizations, including Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Especially Me, Colorado UpLift, the Epworth Foundation, the Hope Bicycle Program, United Airlines Fantasy Flight, the Charles H. Brown Foundation, the NAACP, and the Walk for the Cure.

BJ & Toni are proud parents of a blended family of six children and six grandchildren.

HEAD OF STRATEGIC GIVING & IMPACT

Dr. Andre Mansion assists the Rodgers Foundation by managing its philanthropic strategy, ensuring mission alignment, and tracking the impact of donations to advance equity, education, and community well-being.

Dr. Mansion brings a rare combination of clinical science, legal expertise, policy leadership, and research rigor to the Foundation’s work. He holds a joint Ph.D. in Clinical Science Psychology and a J.D. from Arizona State University, with a career spanning behavioral health research, higher education, legal advocacy, and public policy. 

Dr. Mansion is deeply engaged in community service and philanthropy, having been on the Boards of The Cinton Foundation 20|30 Young Leaders Group and the Capital Pride Alliance, as well as a Center Associate for the DC Center for the LGBT Community, and a “star” participant in the 15th Annual Dancing with the Denver Stars charity Gala for the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Studio. Dr. Mansion brings to the Foundation a commitment to data-informed decision-making, strategic partnership-building and oversight, and advancing opportunities for communities that have historically been underserved.