[2] Sullivan served as Chair of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, which focuses on education and environmental clean-up.
Along with Michael Brunker, he received the 2002 Sigma Delta Chi national public service award.
Sullivan filed papers in his run for governor on June 6, 2006, and has positioned himself as the only "non-career politician" in the race.
He ran ads featuring Gailard Sartain that attacked his opponents 'career politician' background.
He led an effort to place an initiative petition on the November 2006 ballot that would have required 65 percent of money earmarked for education be spent in the classroom.