Distinguished Speaker 2024
Martin W. Rodgers
Market Lead, U.S. South; Office Managing Director, Metro D.C., Accenture
Martin “Marty” Rodgers is Accenture's U.S. South Market Unit Lead and a member of its Global Management Committee and North America Leadership Team. He oversees more than 24,000 people across 15 states and Puerto Rico, where he is responsible for financial performance, service integration, talent management and corporate citizenship.
Marty has more than 25 years’ tenure with Accenture, and during that time he has led the company’s Health & Public Service business in the Southeast and launched its for-profit Nonprofit Practice. Prior to Accenture, Marty served as a leader on topics, such as national and community service, workforce skilling and development, apprenticeships and internships. He also worked on Capitol Hill, where he helped write several successful pieces of legislation, including legislation creating AmeriCorps (the U.S.’s domestic Peace Corps), legislation establishing the first major federal apprenticeship program, and legislation recognizing the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday as a National Day of Service. He also served with the Diocese of Gallup, working with Native American children in New Mexico.
A frequent keynote speaker, Marty is an outspoken advocate of social responsibility and committed to inclusion and diversity. He previously served as executive sponsor of Accenture's African American Employee Resource Group and led the company's recruiting efforts at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Marty serves on the boards of the University of Notre Dame, the Children’s Defense Fund and the Executive Leadership Council as well as on numerous local boards, including the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the United Way of the National Capital Area, KIPP-DC, and the Federal City Council, where he is chairman. He is also a member of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C.
Marty was recognized as one of corporate America’s most influential Black executives by Savoy Magazine, has appeared in four separate years on the Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 List, has been a recipient of the Washington Business Journal’s Diversity in Business Award and received the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals’ “Champion for Change” award.
He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Harvard University. He lives in Falls Church, VA, with his wife and three children.