Joan A. Sullivan Named Associate General Counsel in the Division of Operations-Management

Washington, D.C.—Today, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced the appointment of career attorney Joan A. Sullivan as Associate General Counsel in the Division of Operations-Management of the Office of the General Counsel in Washington, D.C.

In her new position, Ms. Sullivan will manage the 26 Regional Offices of the NLRB and will provide operational support for the national enforcement and administration of the National Labor Relations Act. Prior to this, Ms. Sullivan served as Assistant General Counsel in the Division of Operations-Management since 2016. Previous to that senior executive service appointment, she was the Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the Division of Operations-Management.

“Joan has been a dedicated public servant at the NLRB for thirty years,” said General Counsel Abruzzo. “In her new role, she will ensure that our Regional offices run effectively and efficiently and provide valuable engagement with the public. I have no doubt she will continue to be a collaborative senior leader and strategic partner.” 

Ms. Sullivan was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism and Bachelor of Arts degree in environmental biology from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1985. She obtained a law degree and Certificate in Communications Law Studies from The Catholic University of America in 1990. Following law school, she worked for a year in private practice at a communications law firm in Washington, D.C. until she joined the NLRB in the Contempt Litigation and Compliance Branch in 1991. While in this Branch, Ms. Sullivan was sworn in as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Northern Ohio and was the lead prosecutor of the Agency’s first felony criminal contempt trial.