Michell Franklin Hired as Program Director at UC Davis Human Services

UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education – Human Services is pleased to announce that Michell Franklin, M.A., has accepted the position of Custom Training and Services (CTS) program director. Franklin will hold direct management oversight of the CTS program, including open enrollment courses and training contracts with a variety of county, state and nonprofit human services organizations throughout California.

Franklin has over 30 years of experience in the fields of higher education, mental health, nonprofit human services work and community outreach. She brings 20 years of management experience, which includes her most recent position as the Capacity-Building Program Manager for the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, a statewide nonprofit organization where she worked for the last seven years. Franklin managed the department that provided training and technical assistance to almost 150 community-based domestic violence prevention organizations across California. She also has a background in mental health, including experience providing clinical services to CalWORKs clients, and brings experience working for several years at UC Berkeley in various areas such as community outreach, student services and admissions.  Michell has a passion for and experience working in areas of diversity, equity and inclusion.

“I am delighted to welcome Michell Franklin to the UC Davis Human Services leadership team,” said Alison Book, director of UC Davis Human Services. “Her experience and expertise will be wonderful assets to her role as program director of the Custom Training and Services team and to the counties and agencies we serve.”

In her new position, Franklin will lead the CTS program team and manage all deliverables associated with CTS open enrollment courses and training contracts across the spectrum of human services workforce development. She will develop and foster partnerships with state and county social services program leaders, professional associations and instructors to create programs that serve the needs of both ongoing and potential partners. Franklin will manage and grow contract and open enrollment utilization and new business, ensuring program quality, relevance and academic standards.

For more than 40 years, UC Davis Human Services has embodied the University of California’s outreach mission by providing workforce development and services to human service professionals and organizations throughout California and across the nation. Each year, UC Davis Human Services builds the capacity of human services agencies through training, consultation, research and other professional services in an effort to help the human services workforce better serve our communities’ most vulnerable members, resulting in improved outcomes for children, adults and families throughout California and beyond.