Background
Collins, Susan Margaret was born on December 7, 1952 in Caribou, Maine, United States.
United States senator from Maine
Collins, Susan Margaret was born on December 7, 1952 in Caribou, Maine, United States.
Bachelor in Government magna cum laude, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1975.
Principal advisory business affairs to Republican William S. Cohen United States House Representatives, 1975—1978. Staff director United States Senate Subcommittee on Oversight Government Management, 1981—1987. Commissioner Maine Department Professional & Finance Regulation, 1987—1992.
Director New England operations United States Small Business Administration (Small Business Administration), 1992—1993. Executive director Center Family Business, Husson College, Bangor, Maine, 1993—1996. United States Senator from Maine, since 1997.
Member United States Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, since 1997, chairman, 2003—2007. Member United States Senate Appropriations Committee, since 2009. Special inspector general to handle Hurricane Katrina Relief, since 2005.
Republican candidate for Governor, State of Maine, 1994. Member Bangor Rotary Club, Phi Beta Kappa.