Shirley C. Franklin

Shirley C. Franklin has been a member of our board of directors since November 2010. Ms. Franklin has served as the President of Clarke-Franklin & Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm, since 1995 and previously served as the Executive Board Chair of Purpose Built Communities, Inc. from 2011 to 2020. She currently serves as Chair of the board of directors of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights and is a board member of the Paul Volcker Alliance, both non-profit organizations dedicated to public service missions. Ms. Franklin also serves on the boards of a number of other non-profit organizations including the CDC Foundation; the CF Foundation, a family foundation based in Atlanta; the Atlanta Regional Commission on Homelessness; the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools; and Purpose Built Schools Atlanta. From 2002 to 2010, Ms. Franklin served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Franklin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Howard University and a Master’s degree in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.