Rodney has served the Hammond community as a member of the Board of Directors for the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, Southeastern Louisiana University Development Foundation, the Downtown Development District and as President of the Hammond Exchange Club. He is currently a board member of the Hammond-Tangipahoa Home Mortgage Authority.

Professionally, Rodney has held every office of the 21st Judicial District Bar Association comprising attorneys from Tangipahoa, Livingston and St. Helena Parishes, serving as its President in 1980-1982. He has also represented the 21st Judicial District as delegate to the Louisiana Bar Association. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the 21st Judicial District Indigent Defender Board. He is an active member of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and the Louisiana Bankers Association/Bank Counsel Section. Rodney is also a Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation and a founding member of the 21st Judicial District Inns of Court.