The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy welcomed University of California President Janet Napolitano on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 for a lecture on “Public Service and Politics.”
Napolitano is a distinguished public servant with a record of leading large, complex organizations at the federal and state levels.
She served as Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009-13, as Governor of Arizona from 2003-09, as Attorney General of Arizona from 1998-2003, and as U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona from 1993-97. Before that, she practiced at the law firm of Lewis & Roca in Phoenix, where she became a partner in 1989. She began her career in 1983 as a clerk for Judge Mary M. Schroeder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
As Governor of Arizona, Napolitano focused on education, from pre-kindergarten through public higher education. She was the first woman to chair the National Governors Association, and was named one of the nation’s top five governors by Time magazine.
More: http://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2015/public-service-and-politics
