 | Cheryl Roberto, | Print Quality Biography
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Cheryl Roberto was appointed to the PUCO by Gov. Ted Strickland in 2008.
Commissioner Roberto’s passion is making a difference. Her quest is to achieve positive change to make our world better with each effort. For more than 20 years, she has brought to every job a desire to address intellectually challenging and complex problems and serve the public good.
In her previous post as director of the city of Columbus Public Utilities Department, Roberto led a staff of 1,300 people, managed an operating budget of $400 million, and directed a capital program of $250 million. With these resources, she and her staff provided abundant, safe drinking water and environmentally responsible wastewater treatment for more than 1 million customers in Central Ohio. Working with elected officials, community activists, and business leaders, she restructured the city’s water and electricity rates, encouraged conservation, and established a regulatory compliance program.
Before life as a public sector executive, Commissioner Roberto enforced environmental and consumer protection laws as an assistant attorney general in the state of Ohio and as an assistant general counsel in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She also served as legal counsel to the cities of Columbus, Ohio and Erie, Penn. and lectured in political science at Pennsylvania State University.
Commissioner Roberto received her B.A. with honors from Kent State University and her Juris Doctor from the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University.
