Janet G. Mullins Grissom

Janet Gardner Mullins Grissom (born 1949) is a United States lobbyist who formerly worked in the United States Department of State and in the White House under George H. W. Bush.

Janet G. Mullins was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 7, 1949. She was educated at the University of Louisville, receiving a B.A. in political science. She later studied international economics at American University, but did not complete another degree.

Mullins moved to Washington, D.C. in 1979, becoming legislative director and chief of staff for Sen. Bob Packwood (R—OR). She held this job until 1982.

Mullins returned to Kentucky in 1982 and worked in Kentucky state government as special assistant to Kentucky's Deputy Secretary of Commerce; Mullins specialized in international trade and agricultural trade.

During the 1984 Senate election, Mullins was the campaign manager of Mitch McConnell in his successful bid to unseat incumbent Senator Walter Huddleston as U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Mullins went on to serve as Senator McConnell's chief of staff from 1985 to 1987. As such, Mullins became the first woman to serve as Chief of Staff to two different United States Senators.

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