Councilmember Brooke Pinto serves as the Ward 2 Councilmember and Chairwoman of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety. Councilmember Pinto was elected to serve a second term in November 2024 to serve as the Ward 2 Councilmember and was first sworn in on June 27, 2020, becoming the youngest member in the history of the Council of the District of Columbia, and the first woman to represent Ward 2.

While in office, Councilmember Pinto has been committed to improving public safety, supporting small businesses and promoting Downtown revitalization, advancing housing and homelessness solutions, protecting the environment, providing accessible transportation, and empowering women and girls. She has prioritized driving down crime and reducing gun violence, tackling domestic violence and hate crimes, and ensuring robust opportunities and programming for our youth and returning citizens to drive down recidivism.

Councilmember Pinto’s legislative accomplishments include passing and funding her Secure DC omnibus with over 100 safety interventions to prevent crime, hold perpetrators of crime accountable, and improve government coordination; the key pillars of the RECOVERY Act and the BEST Act focused on revitalizing our business corridors, streamlining and cutting business licensing costs, and the repurposing underutilized vacant buildings; and, investing in a new model of literacy training and support for our teachers to ensure the next generation of Washingtonians are set up for success.

Prior to being elected, Councilmember Pinto served as the Assistant Attorney General for Policy and Legislative Affairs and as an Assistant Attorney General in the Tax and Finance Section of the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General where she represented the Office of Tax and Revenue. She earned her undergraduate degree from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and brings her hospitality training and perspective to her role as Councilmember including her experiences in small businesses, hotels, restaurants, and senior living communities. She is a proud graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where she was an active participant in the Ward 2 and broader D.C. community through her work with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Landlord Tenant Court, and Georgetown University Medical School to address the intersectionality of health and legal issues.