Ep. 4 | Michele Saranovich: How One Woman from the Pacific Northwest Helped Build the Department of Energy
"We were kind of inventing a lot of things as we went along... It was like creating something from scratch."
Episode 4
In this episode, I talk to Michele Saranovich, Democratic activist and Dallas County precinct chair of Precinct 2049. That’s my precinct! I met Michele when I knocked on her door one day in 2022 to invite her to our neighborhood Democratic Halloween party. That same party was the one that Colin Allred attended, and it’s the picture that hits your inbox that accompanies every one of these bangers.
She shares her journey from reporting on the nascent nuclear energy movement in the state of Washington to her pivotal role in environmental policy and nuclear waste management in Washington, D.C. Discover her insights on the evolution of energy policies, the challenges of being a woman in STEM in the 1970s, and her transition to local politics in her new home of Dallas.
It was fun catching up with my precinct chair! Being a precinct chair is not an easy job but it’s incredibly rewarding. If you live in Dallas County and are interested in the work, click here to learn more.
Thank you, Michele!
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