ABOUT ME
Margaret Franklin
PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT
During her time on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, Supervisor Franklin has advocated for and successfully led the charge to create the county’s first Child Advocacy Center to provide wrap-around services for victims of Child Abuse. She also led the charge to create a housing assistance program providing mortgage, rental, and utility assistance to those in need, and a small business grant program to help small businesses throughout Prince William County. She has issued several directives aimed at creating affordable housing for the first time throughout Prince William County including affordable dwelling unit set-asides and a recommendation on creating a housing trust fund. In addition, she has led the fight on racial justice issues throughout the county starting with the creation of a racial and social justice commission aimed at eliminating system issues involving racial injustice.
A THRIVING CAREER
In addition to her work on the Board of Supervisors, Supervisor Franklin has serves on the Board of Advisors for the Department of Political Science at the University of Tennessee. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, she received her master’s degree from Howard University
in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is a member of the Coalition of 100 Black Women, Prince William County Chapter, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. She currently resides in Woodbridge,
Virginia where her passion is working to create public policy initiatives that have a positive and lasting impact on diverse communities.