Board of County Supervisors

Supervisor Margaret Angela Franklin was elected to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on November 5, 2019. She is one of the first African American women to serve on the Prince William Board of Supervisors. During her tenure, she served as Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisor, Chair of the VRE Operations Board, Chair of PRTC/OmniRide and as Chair of the Economic and workforce Development committee for the Virginia Association of Counties. She is member of the Prince William County chapter of the Coalition of 100 Black Women and is a PROUD MEMBER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED!

Supervisor Franklin is the former Legislative Director for former Congressman Al Lawson of Florida and has previously served as the Senior Legislative Assistant to Congresswoman Alma Adams of North Carolina and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. She also served as President of the Senate Black Legislative Staff Caucus (SBLSC) where she implemented a monthly Speaker Series that featured Senators Tim Scott, Cory Booker, and Kirsten Gillibrand along with national public policy figures and media personalities including Karen Finney of CNN and Mona Sutphen, Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Obama.

She is currently leading the effort to create more affordable housing in Prince William County. Other key initiatives led by Supervisor Franklin include creating a sustainability commission, creating an award-winning Child Advocacy Center to help victims of child abuse, and renaming Jefferson Davis Highway which passed with bipartisan support.

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Supervisor Franklin 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 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.

Learn more at Woodbridgesupervisor.org.