Sharon Want

Sharon Want (Col ’84 CM) has been been promoted to Member of Caplin & Drysdale.

Want provides practical comprehensive legal advice to tax-exempt organizations.  She has counseled nonprofits for 20 years, rejoining Caplin & Drysdale after serving as in-house counsel at the American Cancer Society, where she advised on legal issues involving ACS’s global health and government-funded programs and ACS’s 501(c)(4) affiliate, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.  She also served as a senior advisor to the IRS Director of Exempt Organizations.  She works closely with a wide range of small and large public charities, private foundations and social welfare organizations, and she regularly provides counsel on tax compliance and governance issues.