The Honorable Barbara Hackman Franklin, President and CEO of Barbara Franklin Enterprises and Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, has served as a Director of The Dow Chemical Company since 1993. She was previously a Director from 1980 to 1992. Currently, Ms. Franklin serves as the chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Governance Committee and the Executive Committee.
President and CEO, Barbara Franklin Enterprises, private investment and management consulting firm, 1995 to date. Business consultant 1993-95. U.S. Secretary of Commerce 1992-93. President and CEO, Franklin Associates 1984-92. Senior Fellow and Director of Government and Business Program, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 1979-88. Commissioner, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 1973-79. Staff Assistant to the President of the United States 1971-73. Asst. Vice President, Citibank 1969-71. President's Advisory Council for Trade Policy and Negotiations 1982-86, 1989-92. Board Alert Outstanding Corporate Director 2003. Director of the Year, National Association of Corporate Directors 2000. John J. McCloy Award for contributions to auditing excellence 1992. Chairman of the Economic Club of New York, Vice Chair of the U.S.-China Business Council, board member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, board member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Advisory Council. Director of Aetna Inc.; MedImmune, Inc. and GenVec, Inc., and Washington Mutual Investors Fund. |