Ms. Sullivan currently serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs at the Department of Justice. She previously served as the Acting Director of the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice. Prior to joining the Department, Ms. Sullivan served as a Judge in the 5th Judicial District of Colorado. Before her appointment to the bench in 2007, Ms. Sullivan served as a Deputy District Attorney in the 9th Judicial District of Colorado and served as a member of the State Judicial Ethics Board. Ms. Sullivan earned her B.A from Syracuse University and her J.D from George Washington University Law School.