President
Roderick McClintock was born on March 4, 1976, and reared in Houston's Fifth Ward. Roderick was molested and abused as a child and spent most of his life in the custody of Children Protective Service.
He attended several elementary schools starting at S.A. Pleasant, R.C. Conley and Nat Q. Henderson Elementary. After a brief stay at Holland Middle School, due to a move to another foster home, Roderick was then enrolled into Lamar Fleming Middle School. After only one school year, he was then transferred due to another foster home change to Jane Long Middle School. Completing two school years and promotion to high school, he began his freshman year at Robert E. Lee High School (Houston, Tx). Due to family issues, Roderick had difficulties with school. In his 10th grade year, Roderick decided that graduating from high school with his peers was not in the near future and received his General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
Mr. McClintock would later enlist into the United States Army. After being in the Army for only two years, Roderick was discharged because of a host of personal marital issues. Roderick later became homeless and entered into a veteran's residential facility named, DeGeorge at Union Station, located at 1418 Preston St., in downtown Houston, Texas. Once his marital issues were resolved, he re-enlisted to Active-Duty military service.
Mr. McClintock says, " it is because of the United States Army and its programs available to me that I was able to receive degrees in Religious and Paralegal Studies.
Roderick served our country with exemplary leadership. His service includes many military awards to include the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Overseas Service Medal, National Defense Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Army Achievement Medal, just to name a few.
As a combat wounded service member, at 38 yrs old, Roderick retired from military service and was honorably discharged in June 2014.
Mr. McClintock is an active member of JNO G Lewis #622 Masonic Lodge, he is a 32nd degree Mason (Matthew Ellis, Jr., Consistory No. 370), and also a Shriner (As Salam Temple #215). He is an At-Large Member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Greater Houston Black Business Chamber of Commerce, 5th Ward Chamber of Commerce, member of the Rotary Club of Greater Houston Veterans and Mu Beta Phi Military Fraternity, Inc., former Board Member of Nixon Home Care Inc., in Houston, Texas. Mr. McClintock is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Upward Bound Ministries Inc., and the Senior Pastor of The Dream Center which serves the Houston and surroundings areas in spiritual education, a multicultural, faith gathering worship assembly who believes in being the hands and feet of Jesus and putting ministry focus back on the need and not the greed.
Upward Bound Ministries Inc., serves as the benevolent branch of The Dream Center, which aids in humanitarian services that improves the quality of life for ALL.
December 2025, Mr. McClintock was recognized for his exemplary humanitarian efforts with veterans, the general homeless population and those who are food insecure and therefore awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humanitarianism from Strategic Growth Leaders Bible University, Inc.
Dr. McClintock is married to the well accomplished Mrs. Angela Thompson- McClintock who assists with many ministry initiatives.
He attended several elementary schools starting at S.A. Pleasant, R.C. Conley and Nat Q. Henderson Elementary. After a brief stay at Holland Middle School, due to a move to another foster home, Roderick was then enrolled into Lamar Fleming Middle School. After only one school year, he was then transferred due to another foster home change to Jane Long Middle School. Completing two school years and promotion to high school, he began his freshman year at Robert E. Lee High School (Houston, Tx). Due to family issues, Roderick had difficulties with school. In his 10th grade year, Roderick decided that graduating from high school with his peers was not in the near future and received his General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
Mr. McClintock would later enlist into the United States Army. After being in the Army for only two years, Roderick was discharged because of a host of personal marital issues. Roderick later became homeless and entered into a veteran's residential facility named, DeGeorge at Union Station, located at 1418 Preston St., in downtown Houston, Texas. Once his marital issues were resolved, he re-enlisted to Active-Duty military service.
Mr. McClintock says, " it is because of the United States Army and its programs available to me that I was able to receive degrees in Religious and Paralegal Studies.
Roderick served our country with exemplary leadership. His service includes many military awards to include the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Overseas Service Medal, National Defense Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Army Achievement Medal, just to name a few.
As a combat wounded service member, at 38 yrs old, Roderick retired from military service and was honorably discharged in June 2014.
Mr. McClintock is an active member of JNO G Lewis #622 Masonic Lodge, he is a 32nd degree Mason (Matthew Ellis, Jr., Consistory No. 370), and also a Shriner (As Salam Temple #215). He is an At-Large Member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Greater Houston Black Business Chamber of Commerce, 5th Ward Chamber of Commerce, member of the Rotary Club of Greater Houston Veterans and Mu Beta Phi Military Fraternity, Inc., former Board Member of Nixon Home Care Inc., in Houston, Texas. Mr. McClintock is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Upward Bound Ministries Inc., and the Senior Pastor of The Dream Center which serves the Houston and surroundings areas in spiritual education, a multicultural, faith gathering worship assembly who believes in being the hands and feet of Jesus and putting ministry focus back on the need and not the greed.
Upward Bound Ministries Inc., serves as the benevolent branch of The Dream Center, which aids in humanitarian services that improves the quality of life for ALL.
December 2025, Mr. McClintock was recognized for his exemplary humanitarian efforts with veterans, the general homeless population and those who are food insecure and therefore awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humanitarianism from Strategic Growth Leaders Bible University, Inc.
Dr. McClintock is married to the well accomplished Mrs. Angela Thompson- McClintock who assists with many ministry initiatives.