
Rodney B. Herenton
Strategic Capital Advisor
Mr. Rodney B. Herenton is VIN’s Strategic Capital Advisor and Founder and Co-
Chief Executive of Channing Capital Management, LLC., a $3.4 billion investment
management firm headquartered in Chicago Illinois. Mr. Herenton has over 19
years of investment management experience. Formerly, he was a First Vice-
President within the Private Equity Fund-of-Funds Group at Morgan Keegan &
Company, Inc. Prior to this role, Mr. Herenton served as a First Vice-President
within Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.’s investment banking division, where he
participated in over thirty IPOs and secondary offerings for middle market retail
and consumer product companies. Prior to Morgan Keegan, Mr. Herenton was an
Associate within the investment banking division at Bear Stearns, where he was
responsible for deal execution of mergers and acquisitions, equity and high-yield
bond transactions. Prior to Bear Stearns, Mr. Herenton was an Associate within
the investment banking division at Lehman Brothers.
Mr. Herenton received a B.A. in Finance from Morehouse College (Phi Beta
Kappa), and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.