She was a member of the presidential transition team for Barack Obama before he assumed office in January 2009. After leaving public office, Granholm took a position at the University of California, Berkeley and, with her husband Daniel Mulhern, authored "A Governor's Story: The Fight for Jobs and America's Future", released in 2011. She became host of "The War Room with Jennifer Granholm" on Current TV. In January 2017, she was hired as a CNN political contributor.