Granholm to advise Pew,sit on Dow board

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will serve as a senior adviser to the Pew Charitable Trusts' efforts to promote clean energy policies and sit on the board of Dow Chemical.

Pew said Wednesday the former Democratic governor will travel around the country.

She'll demonstrate the jobs, manufacturing and exporting opportunities that can come from advancing policies that make cars cleaner, industry more efficient and renewable energy more accessible and affordable.

Granholm and Pew staff members will meet with clean energy startup companies, research facilities, entrepreneurs, manufacturing plants, elected officials and community members.

On Thursday, Dow Chemical Co. said Granholm is joining its board of directors.

The Midland-based company said in a Thursday release that the Democrat has a "demonstrated track record" of cultivating public- and private-sector collaborations that have laid the groundwork for sustainable growth for 21st century manufacturing.

Granholm's election to the Dow board is effective immediately.

Granholm also is a regular contributor to NBC's "Meet the Press."

She and her husband, Dan Mulhern, are co-authoring a book about governing Michigan. They also have a two-year academic appointment at the University of California-Berkeley, where Granholm got her bachelor's degree.