R.J. continues to be proudly a wide variety of groups and organization within the Flint Community. Among his past and present roles in the area:
- Investment Committee Member for the Community Foundation of Greater Flint
- Board Member of the Foundation for the Flint Cultural Center
- Past President and Present Member, Downtown Flint Kiwanis Club
- Past Board Member, Flint Institute of Music
- Past President, Education Commission, St. Robert's Catholic Church, Flushing
- Past President, Parish Council, St. Robert's Catholic Church
- Lector and Parishioner, St. Robert's Catholic Church, 1974 to present
- Guest Lecturer, Lenten Series, St. Robert's Catholic Church
- Member, Shakespeare Club of Flint, 1972 to present
- Member, Flint Golf Club
- Guest Curator, Flint Institute of Arts, "Romance Through the Millennium," 2000
- Guest Curator, Flint Institute of Arts,"To Be or Not To Be: Four Hundred Years of Vanitas Painting," 2000