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Barbara Hackman Franklin is President and Chief Executive Officer of Barbara Franklin Enterprises (private investment and management consulting firm). From 1992 to 1993, she served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Prior to that appointment, Ms. Franklin was President and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Associates (management consulting firm), which she founded in 1984. During that time, Ms. Franklin also served as a public member of the Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and of the Auditing Standards Board. She has received the John J. McCloy Award for contributions to audit excellence, the Director of the Year Award from the National Association of Corporate Directors, and an Outstanding Director Award from the Outstanding Director Exchange. Ms. Franklin was a Senior Fellow of The Wharton School of Business from 1979 to 1988, an original Commissioner and Vice Chair of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission from 1973 to 1979, and a Staff Assistant to the President of the United States from 1971 to 1973. Ms. Franklin is a director of The Dow Chemical Company (chemicals, plastics and agricultural products) and Washington Mutual Investors Fund, Inc. She is chairman of the Economic Club of New York, vice chair of the US-China Business Council, a director of the National Association of Corporate Directors and a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Advisory Council. Ms. Franklin is a regular commentator on the PBS Nightly Business Report. | 