Suzanne Ross McDowell is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where she focuses on the law of tax-exempt organizations with particular emphasis on tax, corporate governance, and commercial transactions.
She has extensive experience with the nonprofit sector including representation of exempt organizations on a broad spectrum of matters as a private practitioner; service at the US Treasury Department where she was responsible for all legislative and regulatory issues affecting exempt organizations; and work as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for the National Geographic Society where she developed cost-effective practical solutions for a wide variety of complex legal and business issues.
Ms. McDowell is a frequent speaker at conferences and is the author of several papers. She currently serves on the advisory board of The Exempt Organization Tax Review and the Journal of Taxation of Exempt Organizations. She co-authors Steptoe’s Exempt Organizations Advisory.