Susan Prosnitz has dedicated her legal career to public service, with over 30 years of experience in public safety and security organizations. Her experience includes senior executive positions at the local, state and federal levels, in Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. In Massachusetts, Susan served as General Counsel for the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, which oversees state law enforcement and criminal justice agencies including the Massachusetts State Police. At the request of the Secretary of Public Safety, Susan served as Co-Chair of a statewide committee, charged with developing consensus recommendations related to racial profiling data collection and analysis. She successfully represented the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in litigation challenging the state-mandated data collection form used to identify racial disparity in traffic stops. Before joining the Executive Office of Public Safety, Susan was the Chief of Litigation for the Boston Police Department. In this role, Susan worked on internal affairs cases, personnel matters, training, and policy development.
Susan was appointed by two Massachusetts Governors to leadership positions on task forces including Executive Director and General Counsel to the Special Advisory Task Force on Massport (following 9/11) and Co-Chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Hate Crimes. Susan also served as General Counsel to the Massachusetts Highway Department and as the first Executive Director of the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University Law School.
In 2011, Susan moved to Washington D.C. to work for the Transportation Security Administration’s Office of Chief Counsel, where she was appointed to the Senior Executive Service and served for several years as Deputy Chief Counsel for Regulations and Security Standards. In this position, Susan was lead counsel on security policy and regulatory matters.
Susan received a B.A. in history from Amherst College and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law.