Roger Schreiner’s involvement with Cheyenne Frontier Days™ started in 1958 when members of his family joined the Cheyenne Saddle Tramps. He helped carry the flags of all 50 states in each of CFD’s parades and rodeo Grand Entries and never missed a single parade or Grand Entry between 1958 and 1966.
In 1980, Roger became a volunteer on the Tickets Committee, where he worked at the top of the B Stand ramp, checking rodeo tickets, night show tickets, and patrolling B Stand, dealing with any problems and answering any questions that ticket holders had. Roger transferred to the Contestants Committee in 1986, performing various jobs which included working in the arena during the rodeo, running the steer roping Calcutta at the beginning of CFD, and running the Calcutta the night before finals. Roger also served as the Treasurer of the CFD Old West Museum Board of Directors from 1988 to 1990, where he and his wife, Paulla, were the Decorations Chairs for the Wyoming Centennial New Year’s Eve fundraiser for the Museum on December 31, 1989.
Due to his background as a Certified Public Accountant, Roger worked into leadership positions in the rodeo office, helping the Rodeo Secretary with entries, overseeing the purse money calculations after the entries closed, and preparing checks for the winners. Between 1990 and 1994, he worked as one of the Lead Assistants and, during that time, assisted in the arena by shadowing the rough stock judges and relaying riders’ scores to the announcer’s booth. Roger was elected to the HEELs in 1992.
From 1995 to 1997, Roger was the Contestants Committee Chairman for the 99th, 100th, and 101st CFD celebrations. During that time, in addition to the Chairman’s responsibilities in planning and executing the rodeo, Roger represented CFD at various rodeos, including the National Western Stock Show in Denver, the National Finals Rodeo, Calgary Stampede, Pendleton Roundup, Reno Rodeo, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo. As the main contact with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), it was his job to obtain approvals for each year’s rodeo performances. As Chairman, he was CFD’s representative on the board of the Association of Rodeo Committees.
During Roger’s first year as Contestants Committee Chairman, the CFD General Committee became aware of a serious threat of vesicular stomatitis (VSV), a virus that affects horses and cattle. Overnight, Roger put together a plan to screen every animal entering Frontier Park. His plan was put into effect in less than 24 hours and proved to be a success as no animals on the park showed any signs of VSV during the entire 1995 celebration.
Each year since 1996, Roger has escorted submarine crewmembers of the USS Cheyenne and USS Wyoming at a rodeo as part of their visits to CFD and has been involved in the Sponsor Host program through the Public Relations Committee for the past 9 years.
Roger served on the Cheyenne Fronter Days™ Board of Directors from 2002 to 2007 and was the President of the Board of Directors in 2007. He volunteered his time as a CPA to create the applications for tax exemption for both the CFD Volunteer Crisis Fund and the Cheyenne Frontier Days™ Foundation. Roger served on the Volunteer Crisis Fund’s initial Board of Directors as one of its founders between 2007 and 2010 and served as the CFD Foundation’s Chairman of the Board from 2017 through 2021. To this day, Roger continues serving as a member of the Foundation’s Board.