About Me
As a middle school English teacher in an inner city school in 1999, I learned some important things about myself and about social inequities, especially with respect to the delivery of education and race. I committed myself to nonprofit civil rights work in fair housing enforcement for the next decade, working to end housing discrimination and segregation through education and litigation. My efforts in that field led to over 15 million in recovered damages on behalf of victims of discrimination. My speciality became identifying architectural barriers to housing access for people with disabilities for removal through civil action, and I hope this work expanded housing opportunities for many persons.
But my brother's untimely death in 2009 alerted me to another critical issue: problems in military healthcare that need immediate solutions. Tom, a Marine, died of health problems that began while he was deployed in Iraq, progressively worsened, and were misdiagnosed as psychosomatic illness. I began to focus my efforts and attention on this issue, until such time as it became necessary for me to leave my work in fair housing enforcement behind to prioritize this. Throughout 2011, I worked with my family to establish the Sergeant Thomas Joseph Sullivan Center, a nonprofit organization named in memory of my brother. In 2011, we raised a substantial sum in initial donor contributions and are now well on our way to creating a sustainable organization, which is my primary professional objective. The mission of the Center is to improve health outcomes for veterans with complicated post-deployment illnesses.
During this development period for the Sergeant Sullivan Center, I studied for and earned my credentials as a real estate agent and have since then developed a business providing assistance to a small number of clients. For the remainder of 2012, I am donating 10% of my personal commissions to the Sgt. Sullivan Center.
Only through the support of friends, family, and colleagues has the work I have done in the past decade been successful. More recently, I have been reassured that the strength of each person lies in the network of familial, personal and professional connections we spend years cultivating and nurturing. That network can be more powerful than any institution or economic crisis; and I believe it is through that network of relationships that we bring about positive change, creating better institutions and more fulfilling personal lives.
But my brother's untimely death in 2009 alerted me to another critical issue: problems in military healthcare that need immediate solutions. Tom, a Marine, died of health problems that began while he was deployed in Iraq, progressively worsened, and were misdiagnosed as psychosomatic illness. I began to focus my efforts and attention on this issue, until such time as it became necessary for me to leave my work in fair housing enforcement behind to prioritize this. Throughout 2011, I worked with my family to establish the Sergeant Thomas Joseph Sullivan Center, a nonprofit organization named in memory of my brother. In 2011, we raised a substantial sum in initial donor contributions and are now well on our way to creating a sustainable organization, which is my primary professional objective. The mission of the Center is to improve health outcomes for veterans with complicated post-deployment illnesses.
During this development period for the Sergeant Sullivan Center, I studied for and earned my credentials as a real estate agent and have since then developed a business providing assistance to a small number of clients. For the remainder of 2012, I am donating 10% of my personal commissions to the Sgt. Sullivan Center.
Only through the support of friends, family, and colleagues has the work I have done in the past decade been successful. More recently, I have been reassured that the strength of each person lies in the network of familial, personal and professional connections we spend years cultivating and nurturing. That network can be more powerful than any institution or economic crisis; and I believe it is through that network of relationships that we bring about positive change, creating better institutions and more fulfilling personal lives.
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Daniel F. Sullivan 1239 Vermont Avenue NW Apt. 810 Washington, DC 20005 P: 202-340-6724 E: dansullivandc@gmail.com
