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 four private company boards that she has served.
Recent Boards
- LafargeHolcim,2005-presentInternational Advisory Board
- Aetna, Inc.,1979-1992; 1993-2016Chair, Audit CommitteePrevious Roles: Chair, Governance Committee; Member, Compensation and Governance Committees
- American Funds Family of Mutual Funds,2005-2015Trustee of three fundsPrevious Roles: Chair, Proxy Committee; Member, Nominating and Contract Committees; Member, Joint Proxy Committee
- J.P. Morgan Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.,2006-2013DirectorPrevious Roles: Chair, Proxy Committee; Member, Audit Committee
Past Boards
Public Companies
- AMP Incorporated1993-1999Chair, Audit Committee
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc.1984-1992
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc.1989-1992
- Aviron2001-2002Chair, Audit Committee
- The Black and Decker Corporation1985-1992
- The Dow Chemical Company1980-1992;Chair, Audit Committee
1993-2012 - GenVec, Inc.2002-2007Chair, Audit Committee
- Hamilton Bank1980-1982
- Medimmune, Inc.1995-2007Chair, Audit Committee
- Milacron, Inc.1996-2005Presiding Director, Chair, Governance Committee
- Nordstrom, Inc.1988-1992
- Watson Wyatt2000-2002
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation1980-1992
Private Companies
- Pathway Genomics2015-2016
- Guest Services, Inc.1995-2002non-executive Chairman (2001-2002)
- JA Jones1995-1998
- NASDAQ1996-1998
