Jennifer Granholm served two terms as Michigan's 47th governor from 2003 to 2011, and was the Michigan Attorney General from 1998-2002. As Governor, Granholm led the state through a brutal economic downturn that resulted from the Great Recession and a meltdown in the automotive and manufacturing sectors. She worked relentlessly to diversify the state’s economy, strengthen its auto industry, preserve the manufacturing sector, and add new, emerging sectors, such as clean energy, to Michigan’s economic portfolio.
After leaving office, Granholm served as an advisor to Pew Charitable Trusts’ Clean Energy Program, where she led a national campaign for clean energy policies. She also hosted Current TV’s political news analysis show “The War Room with Jennifer Granholm” and co-authored A Governor’s Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Economic Future, which tells how Michigan pioneered ways out of an economic storm and offers proven advice for a nation desperate to create jobs. The book, which she wrote with her husband, Dan Mulhern, became a Washington Post political bestseller shortly after its release. She was the co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s Transition Team in 2016.
Currently, Granholm is a contributor to CNN, a Senior Advisor to the progressive political groups Media Matters and American Bridge, is head of the sustainability practice at Ridge-Lane, and sits on numerous private sector and non-profit boards.
Granholm is an honors graduate of both the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard Law School. She and her husband have three children.
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Areas of Expertise
- Law
- Energy, Renewable and Clean Energy
- Labor and Employment
- Politics
- Economics of Industry
- Manufacturing and Job Markets
Other Affiliations
- former Governor of Michigan
- former Attorney General of Michigan
In the News
Media Citations
Could We Model a National Energy Policy on 'Race to the Top'?
The Atlantic: City Lab, February 28, 2013
Jennifer Granholm, ex-Michigan governer, on jobs
San Francisco Chronicle, August 14, 2011
Webcasts
Are Robots Going to Hurt or Help? Let’s Talk Driverless Cars with Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm,
Date: October 18, 2017 Duration: 29 minutes
Climate Change, Consumerism and the Pope with Dan Kammen, Jennifer Granholm and Henry Brady
Daniel Kammen, Jennifer Granholm, Henry E. Brady,
Date: August 4, 2015 Duration: 28 minutes
Journalism for Social Change
Jennifer Granholm, Daniel Heimpel, Henry E Brady,
Date: December 19, 2014 Duration: 59 minutes
A National Clean Energy Policy
Governor Jennifer Granholm,
Event: 2013 Board of Advisors Dinner
Date: May 17, 2013 Duration: 38 minutes
A Clean Energy Proposal—Race to the Top
Jennifer Granholm,
Date: February 28, 2013 Duration: 12 minutes
Last updated on 02/23/2021