Suzanna Shkreli is a first-generation Albanian-American highly accomplished attorney, who has forged a career in many areas, including public service, government, and politics. She is currently the Commissioner of the Michigan State Lottery, which aims to continue the Michigan Lottery’s success in funding education, with over $1.3 billion contributed to schools across the state in 2023 alone. Prior to this role, she worked as an attorney for over seven years in Macomb County in the Child Protection Unit, prosecuting crimes committed against children. In 2016, she became the youngest female candidate for American Congress, running for the 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, at just 29 years old. Since then, she’s worked as legal counsel for Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan’s Office of the Child Advocate, and the Director of Juvenile Justice Reform at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. As a proud alumna of Oakland University and Cooley Law School, Suzanna has used her law degree to help others and dedicate her career to public service, and she’s only just getting started!

In this chat we talk about how her upbringing impacted her work ethic and personality, what it was like being the first Albanian woman running for Congress, and how she tries to balance a personal life with a very busy career.