Carolina, No. Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, DC. Prior to re-joining Nelson Mullins, Tom served as the General Counsel for the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), a non-profit organization founded in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell. Mr. Sullivan served under President George W. Bush and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to advocate the views and needs of small business before government agencies and Congress. As Chief Counsel for Advocacy in the Small Business Administration (SBA), Tom testified frequently before state legislatures and congressional committees and was directly involved in over 100 regulatory and legislative matters.