Tom Sullivan is Vice President of Small Business Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Working with the U.S. Chamber’s nationwide network, Sullivan harnesses the views of small businesses and translates that grassroots power into federal policies that bolster free enterprise and reward entrepreneurship. He also runs the U.S. Chamber’s Small Business Council, engaging the exclusive group of 100 Chamber members on a regular basis to increase small business input and involvement in Chamber activities. Tom’s advocacy career spans from creating the legal center at the National Federation of Independent Business, to General Counsel at the Bipartisan Policy Center, to building the Innovative Lending Platform Association. Tom received unanimous Senate approval to serve as SBA’s Chief Counsel for Advocacy for the George W. Bush administration and remains active in the Bush-Cheney Alumni network. Tom and his wife live in Virginia and are blessed with 2 teenage sons. Tom Sullivan serves on the Board for the Global Entrepreneurship Network and recently completed the Chamber’s 4-year Institute for Organization Management (IOM) credential program.