29 Facts About Roxanne Qualls

Roxanne Qualls was born on March 3,1953 and is an American politician who served as the 66th mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Roxanne Qualls served a two-year term on the Cincinnati City Council prior to her service as mayor, having been elected in 1993.

Roxanne Qualls was a candidate in the November 2013 election for Mayor of Cincinnati, but was defeated by John Cranley.

Roxanne Qualls grew up across the river from Cincinnati in the community of Erlanger, Kentucky.

Roxanne Qualls's parents settled in Erlanger after her father retired from the Air Force when Roxanne was seven years old.

Roxanne Qualls attended St Henry's Grade School in Erlanger and then attended Notre Dame Academy in Park Hills, Kentucky for high school.

Roxanne Qualls attended Thomas More College for three semesters majoring in history and then attended the University of Cincinnati in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning.

Roxanne Qualls's office released an annual analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Release Inventory.

Roxanne Qualls served as a member of the Lower Price Hill Task Force, a collaborative effort to target the environmental causes of Lower Price Hill children's health problems.

Roxanne Qualls first ran for the nine-member at-large Cincinnati City Council in 1987.

Roxanne Qualls promoted employee health and safety, successfully advocating that the city adopt Occupational Health and Safety Administration standards for city workers and develop an effective loss prevention program.

Roxanne Qualls led the city's planning efforts to develop a long-term transportation policy that included mass transit.

Roxanne Qualls worked to establish the Toxic Sweep program that trained city inspectors to recognize threats from hazardous and toxic waste.

In 1993, Roxanne Qualls became Mayor of the City of Cincinnati by achieving the highest number of votes of any council member.

Roxanne Qualls subsequently won elections for the office in 1995 and in 1997 where she served until the end of her term limits.

Roxanne Qualls introduced several partnerships with various private sector companies.

Roxanne Qualls established the Home Ownership Partnership, a coalition of over 32 lending institutions and community development organizations to improve Cincinnati's rate of home ownership.

Roxanne Qualls developed the Zero Tolerance Initiative: A Campaign to Take Back Our Neighborhoods, to combat blight and neighborhood deterioration.

Roxanne Qualls initiated Cincinnati's suit against gun manufacturers for failing to incorporate safety features into guns and for facilitating the illegal distribution of guns.

Roxanne Qualls supported the hiring of more police officers and the Community Oriented Policing program based around broken window policing.

Additionally, Roxanne Qualls introduced partnerships with different municipalities in the Greater Cincinnati area.

Roxanne Qualls successfully lobbied for federal dollars to fund the region's light rail major investment study.

Roxanne Qualls was one of three founders of Artworks, a youth employment program that produces public art.

Roxanne Qualls supported the construction of the Contemporary Arts Center, the Aronoff Performing Arts Center, and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, and supported funding of small arts organizations.

Roxanne Qualls currently is an Executive Sales Vice President with Sibcy Cline Realtors in Cincinnati.

Roxanne Qualls received her Ohio real estate license in 2010.

Roxanne Qualls served as a visiting professor at Northern Kentucky University from 2004 to 2007.

Roxanne Qualls taught in the Masters in Public Administration Program.

Roxanne Qualls taught Executive Management, Urban Policy, and Citizens and Governance.