Roger Rigor is a retired math-science public school teacher in Seattle, WA and currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Philippine Progress, one of two original hosts of the Ride for the Philippines fundraiser. Prior to permanently settling in the US, Roger was an original member of the popular Filipino disco band, the VST&Company, a proponent of the Original Pilipino Music (OPM) era of the seventies in the Philippines; and a curator for contemporary pop culture.