Molly Wilkinson to leave Senate committee

Wilkinson will leave the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for a position at Regions Bank.

Molly Wilkinson, a senior staff member for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), plans to leave Capitol Hill for Regions Bank to be a senior vice president of governmental affairs, Federal New Radio reports.

She will leave her Senate position in November.

Wilkinson has worked in various positions throughout the government. Before her work as general counsel for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, she was chief of staff at the Small Business Administration. Prior to that, she was the chief acquisition officer at the General Services Administration.

She was a Federal 100 winner in 2009 for her work in improving SBA’s efficiency, including the Business Development Management Information System. It’s a system that allows small businesses to file applications for 8(a) status online.