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3/25/2024

U.S. Treasury Department Announces Appointment of Patty Collins as Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing…

U.S. Treasury Department Announces Appointment of Patty
Collins as Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
March 25, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the appointment of
Patricia “Patty” S. Collins to serve as the 27th Director of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing (BEP). Ms. Collins brings decades of senior federal service to the role, including a 24year career in the U.S. Army. Additionally, Patty is the first woman to serve as Director in the
Bureauʼs 162-year history.
“Pattyʼs service to our country reflects mission-focused leadership and a strong commitment
to public service,” said U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo. “We look forward
to Patty leading the talented people of the BEP.”
The BEP prints billions of dollars through excellence in manufacturing and innovation each
year for delivery to the Federal Reserve System, and the agency also advises other federal
agencies on document security matters. Its robust research and development e orts focus on
counterfeit deterrent technologies and production process e iciencies. The BEP develops
overt and covert security features for U.S. currency that keep the number of counterfeits in
circulation low.
“Itʼs an honor to be joining the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,” said Director Collins. “In my
prior role at GPO I enjoyed a positive relationship with BEP and knew it was a high quality
organization with a talented workforce. Itʼs an incredibly exciting time to join the Bureau with
the construction of our new manufacturing facility in DC and introducing our new family of
trusted and secure bank notes.”
Patty joins the BEP from the U.S. Government Publishing O ice (GPO) where she served as
Deputy Director, the agencyʼs second highest ranking position, and Chief Operating O icer
where she led GPOʼs operations, including Plant Operations for Security and Intelligent
Documents and O icial Journals of Government and Customer Services. These business units
are responsible for GPOʼs most important products, including the U.S. passport, Congressional
Record, Federal Register, White House print materials, secure federal credentials, and other
congressional and executive branch products and services.
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Prior to joining the GPO in May 2020, she was a Principal consultant at the McChrystal Group
where she focused on leadership development and guiding clients through complex
challenges in the public and private business sectors.
She retired as a Colonel, following a 24-year-career in the U.S. Army, spending seven of those
years within the Joint Special Operations Command. During her military career, she deployed
to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans. A pioneer in her field, she was one of a small number of
women to serve in Special Operations and was the first woman in the Department of Defense
to complete the Military Free Fall Jumpmaster Course.
In 2006, following her return from Iraq to Fort Liberty, North Carolina, she was hit by a car
while riding her bicycle to work. The severity of the injury resulted in an amputation of her leg
below the knee. Upon rehabilitation, she served in the military for nine more years, including a
deployment to Afghanistan and battalion command. She retired from active duty in 2015.
In 2016 she represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, in the sport of triathlon. A native of Hackettstown, New Jersey, Patty holds a Master of
Science from The Eisenhower School, National Defense University, and a Bachelor of Arts from
Rutgers University.
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