Jody Franklin
Director of Communications
Areas of expertise
Public Relations • Strategic Communications • Public Policy
Biography
Jody Franklin joined EPI in the summer of 2009 as Director of Communications. Franklin manages EPI’s media relations, publications, and Web publishing teams, overseeing the dissemination and promotion of the institute’s research and providing overall strategic counsel to EPI’s senior team. Franklin served as Chief-of-Staff for Hillary Clinton during the 1992 Clinton for President Campaign, directing Clinton’s political, media and scheduling operations, as well as serving on the senior staff of the campaign. More recently, she spent five years as public relations director for Share Our Strength, a national anti-poverty organization. Franklin also served as Chief-of-Staff in the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor under Secretary Robert Reich and collaborated with SEIU president Andy Stern on his book, A Country that Works.
Education
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, M.A. in Public Policy & Management, 1986
Wellesley College, B.A., 1983