- He is the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett.
- The Roddenberry Foundation believes that the center's innovative technology that converts adult skin cells into life-changing stem cells will radically advance the fight against Alzheimer's and heart disease.
- Trek Nation is a documentary film that captures Roddenberry's 10-year journey to explore his father's life. The undertaking inspired him to fully embrace the vision Gene Roddenberry had for the future, which he expressed through the founding of The Roddenberry Foundation in 2010.
- In 2011, The Roddenberry Foundation made its largest gift of $5 million to the J. David Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco to establish the Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine.
- He is the younger half-brother of Dawn Roddenberry and Darleen Roddenberry-Bacha.
- He has been a scuba diver since 1993. He holds a Divemaster certification and has led or participated in more than 1,000 dives from exotic locations around the world.
- He became chief executive officer of Roddenberry Entertainment in 2001. Roddenberry Entertainment builds on Gene Roddenberry's work and continues to pioneer the development of a multimedia science fiction portfolio that incorporates graphic novels, comics, television and film projects.
- The Roddenberry Foundation funds innovative solutions to critical global issues in science and technology, the environment, education and humanitarian advances.
- Father, with Heidi Roddenberry, of first son, Zale Eugene Roddenberry, who was born on August 6, 2013, at 10:40 p.m. PT, and weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces.
- He resides in Los Angeles and San Diego with his wife, Heidi.
- The Roddenberry legacy further lives on through the Roddenberry Dive Team, which was founded in 2010. Rod leads the dive team in its exploration of underwater worlds and strives to inspire stewardship of the world's oceans.
- He is interested in sharks and enjoys scuba diving.
- He attended the John Thomas Dye School in Bel-Air and Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, CA.
- He attended Hampshire College in the early 1990s.
- He commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by KY Governor Steve Beshear in 2010.
- Was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Kentucky Governor Steven L. Beshear in 2010.
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