Meet the Chair
Renée Battle-Brooks, Esq.
Executive Director, Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights; Chair, Prince George’s County Human Trafficking Task Force
Ms. Battle-Brooks has spent most of her legal career as a litigator—as an Assistant Public Defender in Maryland and as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County, Maryland, where she spent almost 19 years prosecuting child abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking crimes.
In December 2018, Ms. Battle-Brooks was appointed as the Executive Director of the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights (OHR). The OHR investigates complaints of discrimination, oversees the County’s Human Trafficking Task Force, manages an immigrant defense program, has responsibility for the County’s Language Access Compliance program, and builds understanding across diverse communities through robust outreach.
Ms. Battle-Brooks lends her services to community issues and groups, has served on the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault board as President and board member, and is a violinist and plays regularly with the New England Symphonic Ensemble.
