RODRI ENTERTAINMENT GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Greenhouse Marketing Group
Job Titles:
- Artist - Producer
- President and CEO of Rodri Entertainment Inc
A multi-talented artist-producer, Rodri J. Rodriguez is a visionary cultural arts advocate. Her spectacularly creative live event productions, have written a whole new chapter in the world of entertainment.
Single-handedly as a producer, in a field controlled by vested interests, she has made her voice heard. Her riveting messages always advocate positive multi-cultural images. Rodri is the very personification of a producer with a soul and capacity to uplift the human spirit.
Rodriguez is President and CEO of Rodri Entertainment Inc., an international entertainment production company, founded in 1976. But Rodriguez's presence has been felt in the entertainment arena since 1975, when she played a key role in the decision to have the Latin Category added to the Grammy Awards. In recognition of her efforts to give this music genre long overdue and deserved recognition, she accepted one of the first Grammy's awarded in this, then new category for Mongo Santamaria.
One of the company's events is the MARIACHI USA® Festival heralded as the world's preeminent Mariachi festival, which this coming year, celebrates 20 years of sold out success at the Hollywood Bowl. A 2 hour television special of the Festival aired on prime time pay-per-view and PBS nationally and consequently received the Image Award for best Variety Music Special.
Rodriguez has been recognized by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles City Council with proclamations in recognition of her achievements and advocacy for the arts, also numerous recognitions from President Clinton, the United States Congress, California State Senate, California Legislature, California Governors… Governor Davis, Governor Wilson; Los Angeles Mayors; Mayor Tom Bradley, Mayor Richard Riordan, Texas State Senate, Legislature and Governor Rick Perry.
Rodriguez is a native of Havana, Cuba having traveled to the United States, alone, as a child of the "Peter Pan" exodus of 14,000 children from Cuba. As a child, Rodri resided in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and currently resides in Studio City, California.