[2][3] From 2011 - 2013 he was the Detroit Public Schools' Emergency Financial Manager and board chairman of the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan.
"[5] An August 1988 article published in The New York Times stated Roberts was the second African-American vice-president at GM, after Otis Smith.
[1] Roberts began his professional career working on an assembly line at Lear Siegler while attending Western Michigan University.
[9] Roberts worked full-time while attending Western Michigan University at night, where he graduated with honors, with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.
's president, John F. Smith Jr., and its chief financial officer, J. Michael Losh, chose to resign their memberships with the club because Roberts had been barred from joining.