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Jennifer GranholmDEMDemocrat U.S. Secretary of Energy
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Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is an 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.

Education7 - 7 of 5
University of California, Berkeley
College of San Mateo
Harvard Law School
Del Mar High School
San Carlos High School
Past Positions1 - 7 of 7
Secretary
United States Department of Energy
2021 - Current
Governor
State of Michigan
2003 - 2010
Attorney General
State of Michigan
1998 - 2002
Distinguished Professor of Practice
Goldman School of Public Policy; University of California, Berkeley
2010 - 2021
Counsel
Wayne County Corporation
1994 - 1998
Federal Prosecutor
United States Attorney's Office, Detroit
1990 - 1994
Clerk
United States Judge Damon Keith, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Other Experience1 - 6 of 6
Advisor
Clean Energy Program of the Pew Charitable Trusts
Co-Founder
Michigan's Mentoring Initiative
Member
Cyberstate.org Board
Chair
Economic Development and Commerce Committee, National Governors Association
Chair
Health and Human Services Committee, National Governors Association
Policy Chair
Democratic Governors Association