Jennifer Granholm : Biography

Jennifer Mulhern Granholm, a Canadian-American lawyer, educator, author, political analyst, and politician, was born on February 5, 1959

Jennifer was the first woman to hold both positions, serving as Michigan’s attorney general from 1999 to 2003 and the 47th governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011

Granholm worked as a law clerk for Judge Damon Keith, a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, from 1987 to 1988

On January 1, 2003, Granholm took the oath of office as Michigan’s 47th governor. Also, she was elected as the state’s first female governor

She also works as a senior research fellow at the Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute (BECI). Also, Granholm leads a push for a national clean energy policy

Granholm was born to bank tellers Shirley Alfreda (née Dowden) and Victor Ivar Granholm in Vancouver, British Columbia

Daniel Mulhern, a Yale University theology graduate, a fellow law student at Harvard and a native of Michigan, was introduced to Granholm during her time there

Her net worth is $1 million