Amber Greene *12 SPIA
Ambitious, Grateful, Intentional
Chief Equity Officer and Director, Office of Equity and Civil Rights, City of Baltimore
As chief equity officer and director of the Office of Equity and Civil Rights for the City of Baltimore, Amber Greene leads efforts to embed equity across city government and enforce civil-rights protections. A former senior official in the Biden-Harris White House and the U.S. Department of State, she spearheaded whole-of-government racial and economic justice initiatives and represented the United States in global human rights diplomacy. Her public service career spans local, state and federal government, with a focus on crisis response, policy innovation and strategic communications in areas including climate resilience, public health, economic justice and voting rights. Greene holds a B.A. from SUNY New Paltz and a master’s in public policy from Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs, where she serves on the Advisory Council. She is also a senior adviser to the National Urban League, where she coordinates the Demand Diversity Roundtable, a coalition of 20 leading civil- and human-rights organizations representing more than 100 million Americans.