Brig. Gen. Brad M. Sullivan is the Director of Intelligence and Information for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), both headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. In this capacity, he serves as the senior Intelligence Adviser to the Commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM.
General Sullivan graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1990. He is a command pilot with more than 4,200 flying hours, including combat time in Afghanistan and Iraq, and is a recipient of the General Carlton Award for Valor. He commanded at the squadron, group, expeditionary group, and expeditionary wing levels and has also served on a combatant command staff twice.
EDUCATION
1990
Bachelor of Science in Management, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
1994
Honors graduate, Master of Management, Webster University, Mo.
2003
Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004
Distinguished graduate, Master of Science in Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2005
Master of Airpower Art and Science, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007
Air War College, by correspondence, Maxwell AFB
2010
Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2011
Senior Course, NATO Organization Defense College, Rome, Italy
2012
Leadership Enhancement Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1.
August 1990 - June 1991, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2.
September 1991 - September 1994, C-17 Acquisition Program Manager, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
3.
September 1994 - February 1998, C-130 Aircraft Commander, 52nd Airlift Squadron, Moody AFB , Ga.
4.
February 1998 - June 2001, MC-130H Evaluator Pilot, 15th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
5.
July 2001 - August 2003, Wing Executive Officer, 16th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
6.
August 2003 - June 2004, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7.
June 2004 - July 2005, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8.
July 2005 - June 2007, Operations Officer, 7th Special Operations Squadron, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England
9.
June 2007 - November 2008, Commander, 7th Special Operations Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, England
10.
November 2008 - December 2010, Division Chief, Joint Air Operations, Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
11.
February 2011 - August 2011, Student, NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy
12.
August 2011 - April 2013, Commander, 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena AB, Japan
13.
April 2013 - April 2014, Commander, 1st Expeditionary Special Operations Wing, Bagram AB, Afghanistan
14.
May 2014 - November 2014, Special Assistant to the Commander, Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
15.
November 2014 - August 2015, Fixed Wing Assessment Director, U.S. Special Operations Command MacDill AFB, Fla.
16.
August 2015 - present, Director, Intelligence and Information, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. November 2007 - February 2008, Deputy Commander, Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component, Balad, Iraq, as a lieutenant colonel
2. November 2008 - December 2010, Division Chief, Joint Air Operations (J3), U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Fla., as a colonel
3. March 2013 - March 2014, Commander, Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component, Bagram, Afghanistan, as a colonel
4. March 2014 - July 2015, Fixed Wing Assessment Director (J8), U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Fla., as a colonel
5. July 2015 - present, Director, Intelligence and Information (J2), North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo., as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: 4,266 hours
Aircraft flown: MC-130H, C-130E
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor Device and oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Combat Action Medal
OTHER AWARDS AND HONORS
2002 General P.K. Carlton Award for Valor
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 30, 1990
First Lieutenant
May 30, 1992
Captain
May 30, 1994
Major
July 1, 2001
Lieutenant Colonel
May 1, 2005
Colonel
Sept. 1, 2009
Brigadier General
July 24, 2015
(Current as of August 2015)