Mark J. Sullivan

Mark Sullivan was the 22nd Director of the U.S. Secret Service, serving in this role from 2006 to 2013. He began his impressive 30-year career in the Secret Service as a Special Agent, starting in the Detroit Field Office. He was subsequently assigned to the Secret Service Fraud Division and was assigned to the Presidential Protective Division in 1991.

Between 2000 and 2006, he held a number of executive positions on the Presidential Protective Division, the Vice-Presidential Protective Division, Assistant Director, Office of Protective Operations, Deputy Director, and in 2006, Sullivan was appointed by President Bush to the position of Director and served in the role until his retirement in 2013.

In the private sector, Mr. Sullivan works with clients on a variety of domestic and international issues regarding cybersecurity, financial investigations, business due diligence, and major event security planning and execution. He provides consulting expertise in the areas of developing and evaluating corporate and private sector security programs, thought leadership, crisis management, continuity of business, workplace and school violence prevention, threat and risk management, security training, and executive protection.

Mark has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Saint Anselm College.