Rodney K. Rolland

National Adjutant

The administrative head of the organization, the adjutant oversees National Headquarters and all other national offices. He is charged in the Legion by-laws with administering the policies and mandates of the national convention and the National Executive Committee.

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Rodney K. Rolland was appointed National Adjutant of The American Legion May 9, 2024.

He served as Assistant National Adjutant from May 1, 2022, until his appointment as chief operating officer for the nation’s largest organization of U.S. military veterans. He previously led and worked in the Human Resources Division at National Headquarters for more than 17 years.

He is a member of American Legion Post 333 in Columbus, Ga.

As Assistant National Adjutant, he performed multiple leadership responsibilities in the areas of staffing, policy, strategic planning, national resolution fulfillment, technology, budget, communications, event management and others. He has also worked closely with national commanders and other constitutional officers of the organization, as well as commission leadership, staff executive directors and division directors. He continued to simultaneously serve as Director of Human Resources at National Headquarters, a position he held from 2013 to 2024.

In a variety of earlier Human Resources Division leadership roles, he oversaw staff compensation and benefits for operations in Washington D.C. and Indianapolis, employee training, evaluations, recruitment, hiring and personnel relations. He also was a frequent presenter at national American Legion military and veteran career events, focusing largely on the skills needed for members of the U.S. Armed Forces to make successful transitions into civilian careers.

Rolland earned a masters of business administration degree in 2007 from Indiana Wesleyan University, where in 2005 he also received a bachelors degree in business.

He is married to his wife Sandy, who served more than 20 years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a non-commissioned officer. They live in Indianapolis.

Rodney K.Rolland