Sharon Pandak has a record of service to Prince William County and extensive experience in local government in general.  Her work spans the many issues affecting citizens at the local level.  She has a history of serving in positions of leadership. 

For 15 years from 1989-2004 Sharon served as the Prince William County Attorney.  She has been a Prince William County resident for over 20 years. 

Former Governor Mark Warner appointed Sharon to serve on the Local Government Advisory Committee for the Chesapeake Bay.  She also participated in Governor Warner’s Natural Resources Leadership Summit.  She served on the legal advisory committee for the General Assembly Non-Tidal Wetlands Roundtable Resource Group.

Sharon serves on the boards of directors of the Prince William Symphony, the Prince William County Historic Preservation Foundation, the Didlake Foundation and is a former board member of the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity.  She is on the Partnership & Development Committee of the proposed Community Performing Arts Center, Prince William Campus of George Mason University. 

Currently Sharon represents local governments, other public entities, and non-profit organizations by providing advice and in litigation matters; much of which is land use related.  She continues to assist statewide groups with training for public officials.  Her seminars for groups, such as the Natural Resources Leadership Institute, train citizens interested in improving land use.  Sharon has presented numerous seminars in Virginia on land use (particularly growth issues), local government, and economic development.   She served as an instructor for the University of Virginia, Sorensen Institute of Political Leadership.

Sharon is aware of the challenges facing residents of our County, the second largest county, and third largest local government, in Virginia from her almost 25 years of public service.  She worked on a wide range of issues.  She has advised the Board of County Supervisors, County boards, and other committees and commissions.  In addition to land use and economic development issues, she has also dealt with social services, emergency services, and many other aspects in which Prince William citizens look to the County for assistance in their daily lives.  Sharon has worked on issues at all levels of government, before the General Assembly, and with State and Federal regulatory agencies.  She has helped develop congressional legislation to assist emergency personnel in responding across state lines  and negotiated inter-jurisdictional agreements.  Directly and through her staff, Sharon has provided advice to the Potomac Rappahannock Transportation Commission, Park Authority, and Community Services Board, among other County related entities.  She assisted with the legal work to create and construct a cross-county Parkway and was instrumental in other Prince William mass transportation project such as the VRE and PRTC along with other public projects.

Sharon is past President of the Prince William County Bar Association and past President of the Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Inc.  Sharon in the past has also served as the President of Legal Services of Northern Virginia, which advises indigent residents, and was a former member of the Virginia Commission on Women and Minorities in the Legal System board of directors. 

Sharon worked with the Democratic Party local attorney groups on the 2004 and 2005 General Elections.           

Sharon's professional and political accomplishments have brought her numerous accolades and awards.  In 2003 Sharon received the Prince William County Bar Association Arthur Sinclair Professionalism Award; the William and Mary Law School Citizen-Lawyer Award; and the Local Government Attorneys of Virginia Award for Distinguished Service. 

Sharon obtained her law degree and Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary, where she was student government president. 

Sharon and her husband live in Lake Ridge.