Michael “Sully” Sullivan

Mike "Sully" Sullivan is a retired Special Forces Colonel who served 30 years in the U.S. Army. Sully first joined Team RWB in early 2011 as the founding member of the Team RWB Fayetteville Chapter.

Sully is a 1994 graduate of Claremont McKenna College where he was commissioned as an officer. He became a Green Beret in 2001 and served 23 years in the U.S. Army's Special Forces. His distinguished career included six combat tours in Afghanistan, a year as the Special Operations Commander in Lebanon, and multiple training deployments across the African continent. Sully commanded the U.S. Army's and Joint Special Operations most elite service members from the ranks of Captain to Colonel in 3rd Special Forces Group, Special Operations Command Forward – Lebanon, and 2nd Security Forces Assistance Brigade.

Sully's military service heritage spans four generations, beginning with his great grandfather, a WWI veteran who volunteered as a medic and later commissioned as a doctor in the Army Medical Corps. This legacy continued through his grandfathers' Naval and Army Air Force service in WWII, and his father's Army service in Vietnam.

Sully resides in North Carolina with his wife Cindy, a career high school math teacher. They have three children. The "Family Business" continues through the couple's twins: Jackson, a Ranger-qualified Infantry officer, and Samantha, an Engineer Officer and an Army World Class Athlete who plays for Team USA Rugby 7s. Their oldest son Ryan is a North Carolina Fitness Trainer and Meal-Prep Chef.