Rodney M. Lockwood, Jr. is a member of the Board of Directors of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

Lockwood is the Chairman of Lockwood Companies, which develops, constructs and manages new multi-family apartments and senior citizen communities. Lockwood has been involved in the construction of over 10,000 housing units. He is former Chairman of the Board of the Michigan Housing Council and also serves on the boards of the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association and First Independence National Bank of Detroit.