Franklin has shattered the glass ceiling in the corporate board arena as one of the first or first two women of many of the 14 public company and three private company boards that she has served.
Public Companies
- Aetna, Inc.1979-1992; 1993-2016Chair, Audit CommitteePrevious Roles: Chair, Governance Committee; Member, Compensation and Governance Committees
- The Dow Chemical Company1980-1992;Chair, Audit Committee
1993-2012 - Westinghouse Electric Corporation1980-1992
- The Black and Decker Corporation1985-1992
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc.1984-1992
- Nordstrom, Inc.1988-1992
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc.1989-1992
- AMP Incorporated1993-1999Chair, Audit Committee
- Medimmune, Inc.1995-2007Chair, Audit Committee
- Milacron, Inc.1996-2005Presiding Director, Chair, Governance Committee
- Watson Wyatt2000-2002
- Aviron2001-2002Chair, Audit Committee
- Hamilton Bank1980-1982
Private Companies
- NASDAQ1996-1998
- JA Jones1995-1998
- Guest Services, Inc.1995-2002non-executive Chairman (2001-2002)
Mutual Funds
- J.P. Morgan Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.2006-2013DirectorPrevious Roles: Chair, Proxy Committee; Member, Audit Committee
- Capital Group American Funds Family of Mutual Funds2005-2015Trustee of three fundsPrevious Roles: Chair, Proxy Committee; Member, Nominating and Contract Committees; Member, Joint Proxy Committee
International Advisory Boards
- LafargeHolcim2005-2016