Bill Tanger

Current memberships: 

• Founder and Chair: Friends of the Roanoke River (FORR) - 1986 to present

• Co-Founder and Chair: Friends of the Rivers of Virginia (FORVA) - 1989 to present

• Conservation Chair: Float Fishermen of Virginia  (1972 to present)

• Chair:  Float Fishermen of Virginia Foundation (2000 – present) 

• Founder and Chair: Roanoke Business Group (2004 to present)

• Secretary:  Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority (2002 – present) 

• Member:  Roanoke County Parks & Recreation Commission (2024-present)

• Co-founder and co-chair:  Roanoke Blueway Committee (2010-2024) 

  Other memberships: 

• Board Member emeritus:  Grandin Theatre Foundation (2002 – 2008)

• Member:  Roanoke City Flood Plain Committee (1999 - 2007)

• Member:  Whitt-Riverbend Park Committee, Giles County (1999 - 2010)

• Member:  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP):  2002 to 2010

• Virginia DCR Invasive Species Advisory Committee (2010-2024) 

• Virginia DWR Advisory Committee (2020-2024)

  Life memberships: 

• Life Member:  National Speleological Society (1980);  Sierra Club (1986);  American Rivers (1990); 

• Nature Conservancy (1992).