Matthew O. “Matt” Franklin joined Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition as President in July 2008. Matt is responsible for the strategic direction of Mid-Pen and oversees all areas of the company including real estate development, property and asset management, corporate administration and resident services. Matt came to Mid-Pen from an appointed post as Executive Director of San Francisco’s Mayor’s Office of Housing where he coordinated all City housing policy and oversaw the financing for 3,500 new affordable rental units and the compliance monitoring for 24,000 existing affordable units.

Matt’s previous roles include Director of California’s Department of Housing and Community Development where he was the Governor’s lead housing policy advisor; Vice President of Emerging Markets for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage where he managed multi-billion dollar programs producing more than 100,000 loans nationwide for low-moderate-income and minority customers; and senior positions at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under President Clinton.

Matt currently serves as a Director on the Treasure Island Development Authority, and is a prior member of the Board of Directors of the California Housing Finance Agency, the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the California Housing Partnership. Matt received his Masters of Public Policy from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government and his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from Colgate University. He also attended the London School of Economics and Political Sciences.