Dana Petersen Moore is a longtime public servant who currently serves as Senior Advisor for the Mayor Brandon Scott administration.  She previously served as the City of Baltimore’s first ever Chief Equity Officer. She simultaneously served as the Director of the Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights.

Dana is the first woman to serve as Baltimore City’s Acting City Solicitor, a role she assumed in March 2020. In this role she led the City’s legal response to the pandemic, helping convert the Baltimore Convention Center into a field hospital, establishing testing sites throughout the city and negotiating terms to convert hotels into respite sites. She also led efforts to settle numerous “gun trace task force” claims, advanced the city’s pursuit of litigation against opioid companies, and advanced the City’s compliance with the police consent decree. Prior to serving as Acting City Solicitor, Ms. Moore served as Deputy City Solicitor, a role in which she also made history as the first woman to hold the position.

Before entering public service, Dana was a full equity partner at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston.  There she defended her clients in mass tort litigation. She led teams litigating matters in Maryland and District of Columbia courts. She also represented the City of Baltimore in precedent setting federal litigation.  She advised numerous mayors on a variety of legal matters.

Dana is deeply involved in the Baltimore community. Her public service includes appointments to the City of Baltimore Ethics Board, Liquor Board, and Planning Commission. She has served on numerous non-profit boards, including Mother Seton Academy, the Bates College Board of Trustees, the Board of Directors of the Monumental City Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the Elijah Cummings Youth Program, and Marian House, Inc. She currently serves as president of the Baltimore Chapter of the Links, Incorporated. She also serves on the board of directors of the Caroline Center. 

Dana earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Bates College and her juris doctorate from Washington & Lee University School of Law. She has been recognized for her leadership in the field of law, and is a member of the Daily Record’s “Circle of Excellence” having been honored as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women three times. Dana is most proud of the women she has mentored and supported in their own efforts to be selected for “Top 100” recognition.

Dana is married to Ralph E. Moore, Jr., activist and occasional columnist for the Afro-American Newspaper.  They reside in one of Charles Village’s most colorful “painted lady” homes, have two amazing daughters, and four amazing grandchildren.