Jay's background in theatre led to years of involvement in the non-profit sector, where he has been a teaching artist, curriculum development specialist, and faculty trainer in New York and elsewhere.  His work in theatre education has ranged from community resilience and arts leadership training in post-Katrina New Orleans to guest teaching at the world-renowned Yale School of Drama.

A former faculty member of Chicago’s world-famous Second City Theatre, Jay co-founded the acclaimed theatre companies Pig Iron and Flying Carpet and is a founding member of the legendary New York improvised comedy-theatre groups Burn Manhattan and Centralia.  As an actor, Jay has performed classic plays and created parts in new works including a starring role in the world-premiere production of the Tony award-winning musical Urinetown.


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Jay Rhoderick
Jay Rhoderick has taught improvisation to hundreds of managers, executives and professionals at all levels for fifteen years. He has strengthened teams and developed public speaking and collaboration skills at many Fortune 500 companies and leading international firms, including
Dow Jones, HSBC, Merck, Citigroup, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.  One of Jay’s top assignments was coaching US Olympic athletes in media awareness in preparation for the Beijing Games.
"I absolutely loved having Jay as a teacher. He was always positive and he made the class enjoyable. The energy that he gave off [in] every single class showed how much he cared about his students."

--Helen Ng Research Associate Clearlake Capital Group

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News, he produced and wrote for 20/20, including location coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial.

As a freelance producer, he helped create reality TV shows, industrials films, pilots and infomercials; Chip also produced two award-winning independent films, Lena’s Dreams (1997) and The Love Machine (2000).

After earning his MBA at Fordham, Chip has worked in digital marketing and social media at The New York Times and Showtime Networks.


Chip Garner, VP of Marketing & Strategy (and Fordham GBA ’09), has created and managed teams in the news and entertainment industry for over 12 years. A former Associate Producer for ABC
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