Anthony Franklin

Governance leader, organizational-development practitioner, and independent researcher with direct experience in nonprofit board leadership, bylaws and policy modernization, board-role clarification, institutional-knowledge design, leadership transition, training, and complex cross-functional operations. Experienced facilitating decisions without formal authority, balancing mission with organizational capacity, and turning governance expectations into practical responsibilities, records, processes, metrics, and follow-through.

President - Iowa Artists

(2024 - 2026)

Statewide nonprofit arts organization

• Led a statewide nonprofit association spanning 12 regions and more than 200 members, coordinating board officers, regional leaders, member communication, annual activities, policy decisions, and organizational continuity.
• Facilitated board and general meetings, supported decision-making, clarified responsibilities, and guided leadership transition at the close of the presidential term.
• Led committee work to review, rewrite, and reformat organizational bylaws so governance requirements were easier to understand, access, and apply.
• Directed and edited board-member roles and responsibilities, clarifying authority, accountability, recurring duties, decision expectations, and continuity requirements.
• Created a centralized Dropbox-based governance and document structure that converted person-dependent communal knowledge into durable institutional knowledge.
• Balanced governance, stakeholder trust, budget awareness, program delivery, volunteer capacity, and geographic differences across a distributed organization.
• Supported succession by documenting recurring responsibilities, improving visibility into governance processes, and reducing dependence on informal knowledge.

Vice President / Regional Leadership - Iowa Artists

(2022 - 2024)

Statewide nonprofit arts organization

• Supported statewide board governance, policy and operational decisions, member communication, regional coordination, and major annual activities.
• Contributed to leadership continuity, regional participation, event coordination, and organizational problem-solving across a volunteer-led structure.

Independent Researcher - Governance & Responsible Technology - Self-Employed - Fort Madison, Iowa

(2025-11)

• Develop and publish governance frameworks, metrics, protocols, and case analyses addressing authority, accountability, institutional risk, delegated decision-making, evidence, human oversight, intervention, and restoration.
• Translate statutes, regulatory materials, standards, consultations, and institutional policies into practical governance questions, review structures, control expectations, and decision criteria.
• Develop assessment approaches for legitimacy, drift, control effectiveness, trust and rights preservation, contextual integrity, and post-failure restoration.
• Prepare public-policy and regulatory analyses that emphasize traceability, independent review, evidence integrity, proportional governance, and accountable human decision-making.
• Write for technical and non-technical audiences, preserving uncertainty, source context, and distinctions between descriptive evidence and evaluative conclusions.

Site Supply Specialist & Team Lead (Promoted / Expanded Scope) - CNH Industrial - Burlington, Iowa

(2018-10)

• Coordinate SAP-enabled material, inventory, quality, shipping/receiving, and production workflows across a complex manufacturing environment.
• Expanded responsibilities following promotion to support five departments and both shifts, requiring cross-functional communication, prioritization, influence, and issue escalation.
• Lead daily work coordination, employee training, quality checks, data validation, and process improvement; maintain KPI and improvement reporting across 180+ documented actions.
• Use SAP/SAP WM records, operational reports, and frontline evidence to identify discrepancies, data-quality issues, process failures, ownership gaps, and production risks and translate findings into corrective action and management visibility.
• Designed, developed, and piloted a real-time work-in-process parts-and-materials tracking application; used Monday.com during early development and beta-tested the solution with users from three organizational levels and multiple departments.
• Gathered stakeholder requirements and user feedback, refined workflows iteratively, and translated operational needs into a shared solution that improved visibility, traceability, and coordination.

Trainer / Cell Lead - Winegard Communications - Burlington, Iowa

(2013 - 2018)

• Led production-cell workflow, staffing coordination, training, quality expectations, and cross-functional problem solving.
• Monitored performance and work quality, identified process and training gaps, reinforced standardized procedures, and coached employees with varied experience levels.
• Translated technical and procedural requirements into practical work methods and supported communication among production, materials, quality, and leadership.

Customer Accounts Manager - Aaron's Sales & Leasing

(2012 - 2014)

• Managed customer accounts, documentation, relationship recovery, payment resolution, service coordination, and high-accountability customer operations.

Assistant Manager - Rent-A-Center

(2009 - 2012)

• Supported branch operations, staff coordination, account management, inventory control, customer service, and day-to-day operational discipline.

Youth Services Coordinator - American Red Cross - Burlington, Iowa

(2007 - 2009)

• Coordinated youth and community programs, volunteers, partner relationships, outreach, records, and training within national organizational standards.
• Facilitated participation across volunteers and community stakeholders and supported program safety, confidentiality, documentation, and leadership reporting.

Lab Monitor & Help Desk Lead - Southeastern Community College

(2002 - 2006)

• Provided technical support, user assistance, issue triage, peer leadership, and computer-lab oversight in an academic environment.

Bachelor of Arts - Human Studies - Iowa Wesleyan University (2009)

Associate of Arts - Southeastern Community College (2006)

Applied Associate Degree - Networking (Security Emphasis) - Southeastern Community College (2005)

Applied Associate Degree - PC Specialist - Southeastern Community College (2004)