(1959-02-05) February 5, 1959 (age 65) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Daniel Mulhern
(m. 1986)
Children
3
Residence(s)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education
University of California, Berkeley (BA) Harvard University (JD)
Signature
Jennifer Granholm's voice
Granholm answers questions on U.S. nuclear infrastructure stability Recorded June 24, 2021
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-born American politician. Since 2021, she has served as the 16th United States Secretary of Energy. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the Attorney General of Michigan from 1999 to 2003 and as the 47th Governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011, as the first woman to hold both offices.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada), Granholm moved to California at age four. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984 and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 1987. She then clerked for Judge Damon Keith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, became an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1991, and was appointed to the Wayne County Corporation Counsel in 1995.
In 1998, Granholm ran for attorney general of Michigan, defeating Republican nominee John Smietanka. She ran for governor of Michigan in 2002 and was elected the state's first female governor. She was re-elected in 2006.
Granholm was a member of the presidential transition team for Barack Obama before he assumed office in 2009.[1] After leaving public office, Granholm took a position at the UC Berkeley and, with her husband Daniel Mulhern, authored A Governor's Story: The Fight for Jobs and America's Future, released in 2011.[2] She became host of The War Room with Jennifer Granholm. In 2017, she was hired as a CNN political contributor.[3]
After President-elect Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Granholm to head the United States Department of Energy in 2020,[4] she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2021.[5]
^"Despite presidential losses, women in politics score gains" (PDF). Cawp.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
^[1] Archived April 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^Nick Vadala (January 17, 2017). "CNN adds Charles Ramsey, Rick Santorum to list of contributors". www.philly.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
^Colman, Zack; Pager, Tyler (December 15, 2020). "Biden to tap former Michigan Gov. Granholm to lead Energy Department". Politico. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^"On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jennifer Mulhern Granholm, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Energy)". U.S. Senate. February 25, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
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