Jennifer Granholm was nominated as U.S. Secretary of Energy by former Pres🍰ident Joe Biden in December 2020. She was confirmed by the S✃enate on Feb. 25, 2021, and sworn in later the same day.

Granholm was the attorney general of Michigan from 1998 to 2002 and served two terms as the governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011. She's the author of "A Governor’s Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Future".

Early Life and Education

Granholm was born on Feb. 5, 1959 in Vancouver, British Columbia. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1987.

Granholm began her career as a judicial clerk for Michigan’s Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She became a federal prosecutor in Detroit in 1990. She was appointed Wayne County Corporation Counsel in 1994.

Leading Michigan

Granholm became the first woman elected to serve as the attorney general of Michigan in 1998. She was elected as the first female governor of the state in 2003. Granholm served two terms as governor until 2011. She played a key role in guiding Michigan, which is heavily dependent on the automobile industry, through the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Great Recession in 2008.

She's the founder of the American Jobs Project, a 24-state initiative that partnered with major universities and institutions to promote technological advancements and clean energy policies to stimulate job creation.

Auto Industry

Layoffs at auto plants and auto parts suppliers were expected to affect 250,000 workers as the Great Recession began in 2008. General Motors and Chrysler were financially wounded and bankruptcy was a possibility for the corporations as Michigan was heavily affected.

Governor Granholm worked with the Obama administration to help secure a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:2009 bailout of the auto industry that included investments in clean energy. A study conducted in November 2010 estimated that the auto rescue saved an estimated 1.14 million U.S. jobs by avoiding the worst-case scenario that would have included lengthy bankruptcy proceedings.

Granholm led efforts to diversify Michigan’s economy by strengthening its auto industry and adding emerging sectors such as clean energy following economic downturns caused by the Great Recession and meltdown in the automotive and manufacturing sectors. Clean energy is energy from renewable, zero-emission sources that don't pollute the atmosphere when used as well as the energy saved through energy efficiency efforts.

Secretary of Energy

Granholm oversaw the country’s nuclear weapons program as head of the U.S. Department of Energy in collaboration with the Depa💖rtment of Defense. She promoted energy research, conservation initiatives, and energy policy including the development of innovative energy technologies.

Granholm had the support o𓆏f environmental groups and was an advocate for clean energy policy through🗹out her career. She was a key figure in implementing President Biden’s climate policies and a clean energy economy.

Granholm commented in April 2021 that President Joe Biden “has a goal of getting to net zero carbon dioxide for this country by 2050. And that means that we have got to figure out ways to clean up our fossil fuel industry.”

The Bottom Line

Jennifer Granholm served as the Sec🐟retary of Energy for the Biden Administration where she directed⭕ energy policy, research, and initiatives including clean energy. Granholm previously served as the governor of Michigan.