PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

COUNTY COUNCIL

FORMER MEMBERS

Member, County Council, Prince George's County, At Large, December 3, 2018 to June 14, 2024 (representing District 9, Dec. 6, 2010 to Dec. 3, 2018; chair, Dec. 3, 2013 to Dec. 1, 2015). Resigned June 14, 2024. Member, Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee, 2023-24; Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, 2023-24. Member, Health, Education and Human Services Committee, 2011-18 (vice-chair, 2013-14); Transportation, Housing and the Environment Committee, 2015, 2017-18. Member, Rules and General Assembly Committee, 2012-14. Chair, Public Safety and Fiscal Management Committee, 2016 (vice-chair, 2011-12, 2013-14). Vice-Chair, Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee, 2017-18 (member, 2012-14, 2016-24; chair, 2012-14, 2016). Member, Education and Workforce Development Committee, 2019-22; General Assembly Committee, 2019-23 (vice-chair, 2019); Health, Human Services and Public Safety Committee, 2019-23.

Member, National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2022.

Member, Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law, 2011-13; Human Services and Public Safety Policy Committee, 2012-15, National Capital Region Emergency Preparedness Council, 2012-18, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Member, Task Force to Study Locating Businesses in Libraries in Prince George's County, 2013-14; 21st Century School Facilities Commission, 2016-17; Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board, 2016-18; Prince George's County School Construction Master Plan Work Group, 2018-19.

Attorney, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, 2001-05. Member, Human Relations Commission, Prince George's County, 2005-07. Board of Community College Trustees, Prince George's Community College, 2008-10.

Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Health Care Commission, 2008-10.

Born in Cheraw, South Carolina, November 30, 1975. University of South Carolina, B.A. (political science), 1998; Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2001. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2001. Attorney. Associate, Sonnenschein, Nath, & Rosenthal, LLP, 2006-08. Member, Prince George's County Bar Association. Member, Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 2005-10. Founder and president, Greater Marlboro Democratic Club, 2005-. Member, Maryland for Obama Steering Committee, 2008. Board of Directors, Indian Head Highway Area Action Council, 2009-10. Member, U.S. Census Complete Count Committee, Prince George's County, 2009-10. Leadership Greater Washington, 2015. Member, Maryland County Officials Diversity Caucus, 2015- (chair, legislative affairs committee, 2015-), Maryland Association of Counties. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2016. Past member, Executive Board, Young Democrats of Maryland. Past board member, Prince George's County Chapter, Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Member, Prince George's County Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Young Democrat of the Year, Prince George's County Young Democracts, 2006. Forty Under 40, Prince George's County Social Innovation Fund, 2013. Member, Mount Ennon Baptist Church, Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Married; two children.

On August 26, 2024, Mr. Franklin pleaded guilty in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court to charges of felony theft scheme and perjury. On November 13, 2024, he was sentenced for theft to five years in jail with all but one year suspended, and for perjury to five years in jail with all five years suspended. He also will have to serve three years of supervised probation. In addition, Mr. Franklin will have to pay $133,168 in restitution for money he stole from his campaign fund.

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