Kathy Collins
VP,
Public Affairs and Policy Research
Harris Interactive

Kathy Collins has worked in communications since the 1980s (with a long stint at GM) in activities spanning community relations, internal communications, strategic planning, reputation management and research. Her current focus at Harris Interactive is supporting primarily nonprofit and foundation clients through comprehensive research efforts. What she’d be doing if she wasn’t in communications? “According to my mom, anything I want,” says Collins.