Jennifer Granholm

Affiliation

US DOE

Biography

Jennifer M. Granholm is the 16th Secretary of Energy, becoming just the second woman to lead the US DOE. Prior to her nomination she was the first woman elected Governor of Michigan, serving two terms from 2003 to 2011 and the first woman elected Attorney General of Michigan from 1998 to 2002. She began her career in public service as a judicial clerk for Michigan's 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. She became a federal prosecutor in Detroit in 1990, and in 1994 was appointed Wayne County Corporation Counsel. She is an immigrant from Canada and an honors graduate of both the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Law School.