Mayor Roxanne Qualls has been a member of Cincinnati City Council since 1991, having been elected Mayor in 1993.

Her involvement in Cincinnati and the surrounding area has been quite extensive. She was the president of the OKI Regional Council of Governments, Director of the Cincinnati Citizen Action and its Toxic Action Project, Owner and Manager of Crafters (a painting and remodeling company), Executive Director of Women helping Women, Director of the Northern Kentucky Rape Crisis Center, Community Coordinator of the Northern Ky. Senate on Aging, to name a few.

Mayor Qualls is currently the Honorary Chairperson of the Sister Cities Association.