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. Biography 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 for 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. In 1987, Mullins became executive director of the Fund for America's Future, Vice President George H. W. Bush's political action committee. In September 1987, she joined Bush's presidential campaign. She was Bush's national field director during the 1988 Republican primaries, and during the general election was his deputy national political director and media director. After Bush became President of the United States, he nominated Mullins as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs and Mullins subsequently held this office from March 2, 1989, until August 23, 1992. At the United States Department of State, Mullins worked with Bush's 1988 campaign manager James Baker, who became United States Secretary of State in 1989. In April 1992, media reported that Mullins, a divorced single mother, had been romantically linked with Sen. George J. Mitchell (D—ME). On August 24, 1992, Bush named Baker as White House Chief of Staff and Mullins moved with Baker to the White House, becoming Assistant to the President for Political Affairs. Baker and Mullins' time at the White House was to generate controversy when it was alleged that COS Baker instructed Mullins to search official records regarding Clinton's rumored attempts to avoid the draft. 1992 presidential campaign, in violation of U.S. privacy laws. (These searches were conducted after the White