Storey County is an active participant in regional and statewide activities. Our Commissioners regularly attend board meetings to give Storey County representation in these activities as well as to promote the function of the individual boards.

From tourism to historic preservation and drug enforcement to economic development, our Commissioners are active participants in the following boards (the individual Commissioners who sit on these boards are indicated). In some cases, the Commissioner also serve as Chairman.

Board	Commissioner(s)
4th Ward School and Museum Board	Bill Sjovangen
Carson Water Subconservancy District	Austin Osborne
Comstock Historic District	Marshall McBride
County Board of Equalization	Nick Fain Marshall McBride Doug Walling
Debt Management Board	Doug Walling (Chair) Marshall McBride Pat Whitten Colleen Conley (Storey County School District) Ed Gilbert (Canyon GID)
Economic Development Authority Western Nevada	Lance Gilman
Legislative Representative	Bill Sjovangen, Including Staff as Needed
Lockwood Senior Center	Maggie Lowther
Natural Resources Conservation District (USDA)	Dean Haymore
Nevada Association of Counties (NACO)	Bill Sjovangen
Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T Railway	Bill Sjovangen
Nevada Works	Austin Osborne Lance Gilman as Alternate
Oversight of Public Works, Fire, and Community Development Departments	Marshall McBride
Safety Committee	Shannon Gardner - Chair Vanessa Dufresne - Vice Chair
St. Mary’s Art Center	Bill Sjovangen
State Land Use Planning Advisory Council	Austin Osborne
Storey Co. Economic Development	Lance Gilman
Truckee River Flood Project Coordinating Committee	Austin Osborne Lance Gilman as Alternate
Virginia City Tourism Commission (VCTC)	Leisa Findley Ron Gallagher Doug McQuide Angelo Petrini Bill Sjovangen
Virginia City Senior Center	Deny Dotson
Washoe-Storey Conservation District	Austin Osborne
Western Nevada Development District	Dean Haymore
Wildlife Advisory Board	Greg Hess (Chair) Rich Bacus Bill Clark Deny Dotson Greg Bum Hess