State Senator Gretchen Whitmer was first elected to the State Senate in March of 2006. Previously she served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2000 to 2006. In the Senate, she serves on four standing committees: Judiciary, Finance, Education and Agriculture.

Senator Whitmer was born in Lansing and has spent most of her life in East Lansing. She earned a BA degree in Communications and ultimately her law degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Michigan State University.

As a State Representative, Whitmer served as the Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee for four years. Prior to her election to the Michigan House of Representatives, Whitmer was a corporate litigator specializing in administrative and regulatory law with the firm Dickinson Wright in Lansing, Michigan. She practiced administrative law before the Ingham County Circuit Court and the Michigan Public Service Commission.

Memberships

State Bar of Michigan
Ingham County Bar Association
Women’s Economic Club
The National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
Ingham County Democratic Party

Personal

Senator Whitmer lives in East Lansing with her husband, Gary Shrewsbury, and their two daughters.