Richard Sullivan Appointed To Real Estate Commission

Richard L. Sullivan of Raleigh has been appointed by then Governor Beverly E. Perdue to the North Carolina Real Estate Commission, it was announced by Miriam J. Baer, Executive Director.

Sullivan succeeds Jerry A. Mannen, Jr., of Wilmington for the three-year term ending July 31, 2015.

Sullivan is a founding partner of Capitol Counsel LLC, which provides public affairs, government relations and business development services to a broad range of Fortune 500 companies and leading trade associations. Capitol Counsel has offices in Raleigh and Washington, DC.

Sullivan serves or has served on the Boards of Advisors or Boards of Directors of Union Dime Investment Services of Washington, DC, Boland  Advisory Services of Washington, DC, and Bethesda, Maryland, Sense Technologies of Charlotte, American Traffic Solutions of Tempe, Arizona, Box Canyon Capital of Raleigh and Titan Capital of New York.

Sullivan was a member of the North Carolina Economic Development Board from 2009 to 2013, Finance Chair and Treasurer of the Democratic Governors Association from 2011 to 2013, Co-Chair of former Governor Perdue’s Transition team, and a member of President Bill Clinton’s China PNTR White House Working Advisory Group.

He received a J.D. Degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from the University of South Carolina.

This article came from the May 2013-Vol44-1 edition of the bulletin.