rroorda@micolleges.org

Rhonda oversees MICU’s long-standing Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurers’ Fund. In her role, Rhonda is responsible for the development and management of the program. Prior to serving as Fund Administrator, Rhonda worked for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C in their Office of Racial & Ethnic Diversity and as a Graduate Assistant in the Office of Economic Development at Michigan State University.

Rhonda graduated from Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Communication. She also holds a Master of Arts in Communication-Urban Studies from Michigan State University.

After completing her term on the Calvin University Alumni Board Association, Rhonda joined the Board of Trustees at Calvin University and is currently serving as an Executive Member. In her spare time, Rhonda enjoys writing and speaking on issues impacting foster and adoptive children and families. In addition to her three landmark books co-authored with the late Dr. Rita J. Simon on Transracial Adoption, Rhonda's latest book, published by Columbia University Press, In Their Voices: Black Americans on Transracial Adoption was named by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title.

Rhonda is a recipient of the 2010 Judge John P. Steketee Adoption Hero Award from the Adoptive Family Support Network (AFSN) in Michigan. In 2017, Rhonda was awarded the Friend of Children and Youth Award from the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC), and recently she was awarded the 2022 Richard K. Ransom Award for her Service to Children and Families from Adopt America Network (AAN).