| About Jennifer
Roberts:
Jennifer
Watson Roberts was executive director of the Charlotte World
Affairs Council from 1997 until 2002, when she left that
position in order to spend more time with her children.
She is currently an adjunct professor in the
International Studies Department at UNC-Charlotte and an At
Large representative on the Mecklenburg County Board of
Commissioners.
She
is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, and has a Masters Degree in
International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC and a
Masters in European History from the University of Toronto. She
worked as an international business consultant for two years
before joining the Foreign Service as a political officer in
1989.
She
served in the Dominican Republic and then on the Mexico Desk
in Washington before moving to Charlotte in 1993 with her
husband.
She served as Interim Director of the Mayor’s
International Cabinet for 5 months before joining First Union,
where she was a lending officer in International Corporate
Banking for four years.
She has traveled widely and has lived in Italy, Canada,
and the Dominican Republic.
Her
community involvement in Charlotte is extensive.
She served on the board of the Mayor’s International
Cabinet, where she chaired the Business Committee for three
years, as well as the boards of the World Affairs Councils of
America (in Washington, DC), the British American Business
Council of North Carolina, and the Latin American Chamber of
Commerce.
She
was a member of the first class of William Friday Fellows of
the Wildacres Leadership Initiative and served on the
selection committee for UNC-Chapel Hill’s Morehead
Scholarship for six years.
She has also been active with numerous other
organizations, including the Arts and Science Council, the
Girl Scouts, Charlotte Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, UNC-Charlotte,
and International House, and she has spoken to various groups
on topics ranging from the diplomatic service to the
international growth of Charlotte.
She
is married to Manley Roberts and has two children, Montana (8
years old) and Manley (5 years old).
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