Biography
Molly Kleinman serves as the managing director of the Institute for Energy Solutions (IES) and the Great Lakes Energy Accelerator at Michigan (GLEAM), where she manages day-to-day operations and provides strategic direction. Previously, she served as the managing director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy, where she oversaw STPP’s educational, research, and community and policy engagement initiatives, and co-authored reports on equitable community partnerships, generative AI, facial recognition, and advanced nuclear energy. She also has an interest in urban and transportation policy; she is a past chair of the Ann Arbor Transportation Commission, and current president of the Ann Arbor District Library Board of Trustees. Dr. Kleinman received her Ph.D. in Higher Education Policy from the University of Michigan Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, her M.S. in Information from the University of Michigan School of Information, and her B.A. in English from Bryn Mawr College.