Brian Sullivan is a veteran financial and broadcast journalist with 30 years in the industry. He is the host of CNBC’s Power Lunch and the Chief Energy Reporter at CNBC. Sullivan is also creator of CNBC’s Power Insider weekly energy newsletter. He has traveled to all 50 American states and over his career he has reported from six continents. Sullivan has been twice nominated for the prestigious Loeb Award. He holds a B.A. from Virginia Tech, a Journalism Certificate from NYU, and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and began his career trading chemical commodities.