In 1987, Mullins became executive director of the Fund for America's Future, Vice President George H. W. Bush's political action committee.

In April 1992, media reported that Mullins, a divorced single mother, had been romantically linked with Sen. George J. Mitchell (D–ME).

[3] (These searches were conducted after the White House received FOIA requests from several news organizations seeking information about Clinton's military service.)

On December 10, 1992, United States Attorney General William Barr asked for the appointment of an independent counsel to study the allegations that Mullins violated the law in directing this search, and then misled officials from the United States Department of Justice about conducting the search.

[6] During her time with Ford, Grissom at one point chaired the executive committee of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.

[8] Grissom retired from Ford in 2004 and in 2005 joined the lobbying firm of Peck, Madigan, Jones & Stewart.

[9] Possibly her most high-profile appearance since that time came in 2007 when she represented Mattel during the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection's hearing on the 2007 Chinese export recalls.