Ms. Atkins is the owner of Alta Consulting, LLC in Caldwell, Idaho. She is also affiliated with Sunset Land LLC and Alta Land LLC. She provides financial advice and support to her family’s onion and crop farm, which is managed by her brother, Craig Yano, ’84. Ms. Atkins previously worked for a public accounting firm and was recruited to work for a startup company that took her to Montana and Boise, Idaho.

Ms. Atkins served on the OSUAA board from 2003 to 2013, including a term as president, and from July 2015 to present. In 2014, she was honored with the Jean & CH “Scram” Graham Leadership award.

Ms. Atkins earned her B.S. in business administration from Oregon State University in 1979.