Mary Collins Atkinson is a director at PLUS Communications, where she provides strategic communications counsel and manages issue advocacy campaigns. Mary Collins joins PLUS from Capitol Hill, where she worked for six years serving in the House and Senate.

Prior to joining PLUS, Mary Collins served as communications director for a member of congress from Iowa. In her role she helped develop a successful communications strategy for the member’s first reelection and bid for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Before moving to the House, Mary Collins spent five years working in the Senate.

Mary Collins is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina and graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in political science.

Fun Facts

Before joining the working world, Mary Collins attended sailing camp for 15 summers in North Carolina.
Mary Collins is an avid Ole Miss football fan and still proudly boasts of Ole Miss’ two wins over Alabama during her college career.