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|term_end=April 2017
|term_end=April 2017
|preceded=Rodney Geyen (interim)
|preceded=Rodney Geyen (interim)
|succeeded=Nicholas "Nic" Hunter
|succeeded=[[Nicholas Hunter]]
|office2=Louisiana State Representative<br>for District 36 (Calcasieu<br> and Cameron parishes)
|office2=Louisiana State Representative<br>for District 36 (Calcasieu<br> and Cameron parishes)
|term_start2=1988
|term_start2=1988
In 2002 and 2003, Roach was named president of the Louisiana Conference of Mayors. He is active in the promotion of [[tourism]], the arts, and architecture in the Lakefront Promenade project. He has worked to revitalize the downtown and for the establishment and upgrading of numerous city parks and playgrounds, such as Riverside and Tuten parks. He pushed for the establishment of a 9-11 Memorial with beams from the former [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]] and [[granite]] from [[The Pentagon]]. Roach has worked to eliminate child abuse. In 2014, he received the "President's Award" from the Louisiana chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.<ref name=mayor/>
In 2002 and 2003, Roach was named president of the Louisiana Conference of Mayors. He is active in the promotion of [[tourism]], the arts, and architecture in the Lakefront Promenade project. He has worked to revitalize the downtown and for the establishment and upgrading of numerous city parks and playgrounds, such as Riverside and Tuten parks. He pushed for the establishment of a 9-11 Memorial with beams from the former [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]] and [[granite]] from [[The Pentagon]]. Roach has worked to eliminate child abuse. In 2014, he received the "President's Award" from the Louisiana chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.<ref name=mayor/>
Roach did not seek a fifth term in 2017. Republican Nicholas "Nic" Hunter, with 12,207 votes (56 percent) defeated the Democrat Wilford Carter, Sr., who polled 9,768 (44 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 29, 2017.</ref>
Roach did not seek a fifth term in 2017. Republican [[Nicholas Hunter|Nicholas "Nic" Hunter]], with 12,207 votes (56 percent), defeated the Democrat Wilford Carter, Sr., who polled 9,768 (44 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 29, 2017.</ref>
Roach and his wife, Nancy, have a son and a daughter. He is affiliated with the University [[United Methodist]] in Lake Charles.<ref name=mayor/><ref name=whoswho/>
Roach and his wife, Nancy, have a son and a daughter. He is affiliated with the University [[United Methodist]] in Lake Charles.<ref name=mayor/><ref name=whoswho/>