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T.J. Sullivan (born 1968) is a writer, blogger and speaker on the American college circuit. Sullivan has spoken to more than two million students across the United States over the past two decades, on issues relating to leadership development, responsible decision-making, community engagement and confrontation skills.

Sullivan is the co-founder and chief executive officer of CAMPUSPEAK, one of the United States’ largest speakers bureaus catering to collegiate audiences.

Sullivan has worked closely with members and leaders of the American collegiate fraternity and sorority system. While a journalism student at Indiana University, Sullivan became a founding father of his Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity chapter. In 1991, Sullivan moved to Denver to join the staff of The BACCHUS Network, promoting alcohol awareness and healthy choices to college students nationwide. While at BACCHUS, he began doing educational keynotes and workshops for colleges and national fraternal organizations on a variety of topics. In 1992, he created an educational keynote called “Friendship in the Age of AIDS” with a friend, Joel Goldman. Over the next seven years, the pair was one of the busiest acts on the college circuit, speaking to nearly a million students.

Sullivan has been honored with national awards from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, the North-American Interfraternity Conference and the Ryan White Foundation for his contributions to collegiate health and wellness. He has been recognized by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce and the Denver Business Journal for his business accomplishments. In 2010, he received the North-American Interfraternity Conference’s “Alumni Award of Distinction.” He is a member of the National Speakers Association.

Sullivan, his partner Scott Strong, and their two sons live in Aurora, Colorado.