Dorothy Roberts
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Dorothy Roberts Audit Committee Chair Retired - CEO & Owner of Ballard & Tighe, Publishers B.S., Business Administration, 68 MBA, Business Adminstration, 78 |
Dorothy Roberts has more than 50 years of connection to Cal Poly Pomona through volunteering, employment, and recognition. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1968 and an MBA in 1978. From 1974 to 1989, she served as executive director of business operations at Cal Poly Pomona, overseeing seven departments and served in the President’s Cabinet.
In 1989, Roberts acquired Ballard & Tighe, Publishers, a 42-year-old educational publishing company in Brea, where she served as owner and CEO for 28 years. She later served as an executive consultant on the company’s board. Her career also included roles as a training consultant with General Telephone of California and general partner in three California real estate limited partnerships.
Roberts is a life member and former board member of the Cal Poly Pomona Alumni Association. She co-founded the Alumni Association’s Annual Auction in 1983 and held roles with the Cal Poly Pomona Educational Trust, Partners in Education Board, and CEIS Doctoral Advisory Committee. She also served on the President’s Council, President’s Scholar Selection Committee, Founders’ Society, Kellogg-Voorhis Heritage Society, supports Renaissance Scholars in the College of Business Administration, and is one of the founders and a member of the Partners in Education in the College of Education and Integrative Studies.
In La Habra, she has been a long-time supporter of organizations including the Boys & Girls Clubs, Children’s Museum, Help for Brain Injured Children, and Advance! …on to college. In 2025, she and her husband Kent received La Habra’s Centennial Legends & Legacies award for their 55 years of giving back to the community. She also supports the Bighorn Institute in Palm Desert. Roberts received Cal Poly Pomona’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, the Alumni Association Recognition Award in 1989 and the Distinguished Alumna Award for the College of Business Administration in 2004. She and her husband Kent reside in La Habra Heights.