Jennifer Roberts is an American politician, businesswoman and former diplomat who served as the 58th mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.

In 2012, she was the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives in North Carolina's 9th congressional district.

Roberts graduated from East Mecklenburg High School in 1978, and went on to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a Morehead Scholarship.

[citation needed] She is the first person to be elected to serve as both Chairman of the Mecklenburg County Commission and later as Mayor of Charlotte.

While Chair of the Mecklenburg County Commission (2006-2011), Roberts was instrumental in creating a public/private partnership to build a new shelter in Charlotte for survivors of domestic violence.

Roberts defeated incumbent Dan Clodfelter in the primary and faced Republican Edwin Peacock III in the general election.