Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
Washington, D.C.
Barbara Franklin Enterprises - President and Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Department of Commerce - 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1992-1993)
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Original Commissioner and first Vice Chair
Barbara Hackman Franklin is an American government official, corporate director and business executive who served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President George H.W. Bush from 1992 to 1993, during which she led a presidential trade mission to China. Born March 19, 1940, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, she graduated with distinction from Pennsylvania State University and was one of the first women to graduate from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. She served in the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, and in the early 1970s led a White House effort under Nixon to recruit women into high-level federal government positions. She was one of the original commissioners and first vice chair of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. In 1984 she founded Franklin Associates, a management consulting firm she led as president and CEO until 1992, and she is currently president and CEO of Barbara Franklin Enterprises, a private international consulting firm in Washington, D.C. She has served on the boards of 14 public companies, including Dow Chemical, Aetna, Westinghouse and Nordstrom, and is chair emerita of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Franklin has been a regular commentator on international economic matters and corporate governance for national media outlets, including PBS's Nightly Business Report, and received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in 2006.
Barbara Franklin Enterprises
Website: bhfranklin.com
Biography: The Honorable Barbara Hackman Franklin
Sources
Barbara Franklin Enterprises. The Honorable Barbara Hackman Franklin
White House Historical Association. Barbara Franklin