Suzanne Brooks’ professional career began with a private, non-profit agency providing case management services to juveniles with behavioral and criminal issues. Later, she served as a parole officer and subsequently a justice reinvestment officer, acting as a court liaison and implementing legislative directives before her promotion to the position of deputy superintendent of the Ohio Adult Parole Authority.

Ms. Brooks serves as the Interstate Compact deputy compact administrator for the State of Ohio. In this capacity, she has served on the Annual Business Meeting workgroup, the Compliance Committee, as chair of the Deputy Compact Administrator Committee.