Dr. Rhodes is a Distinguished Military Graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. In additions he holds a Master of Public Administration from Howard University's School of Business and a Ph.D from Old Dominion University's School of Business and Public Administration. He has also completed a post doctorate fellowship for the University of Washington in Strategic Management. Dr. Rhodes is a retired Army Infantry Major. In his second career in academia, Dr. Rhodes progressed from assistant professor to full tenured professor. He was the founding Dean of Stevenson University's College of Business and Leadership and he served as the Dean of the School of Business at Delaware State. Dr. Rhodes experience in entrepreneurship includes ownership of a C2 Franchise and President of two management consulting companies: New Millennium Solutions and currently Strategic Endeavor LLC. In 2007, he received the Maryland Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award and in 2012 an SBA award.