George Franklin

Meet and Greet and Book Signing

Lawyer, Lobbyist, Businessman, Candidate, Speaker and Author

02/08/2024

Time: 5-7

George Franklin is a lawyer and former Vice President of Worldwide Government Relations for Kellogg Company. He has held numerous positions in and out of government including Member of the Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Consumer Goods of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Advisory Committee, Chairman of both the State Affairs Committee and the Washington Representatives Group of the Grocery Manufacturers of America and Chairman of the American Frozen Food Institute.

In addition to having testified before Congress as the representative of the food industry, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University and had his own weekly radio segment called “Ask the Lobbyist.” He is also President of Franklin Public Affairs LLC.

In 2014 George published his first book Raisin Bran and Other Cereal Wars. A go-to source for anyone interested in learning more about the complex and stimulating confluence of business, law, lobbying and politics “Cereal Wars” provides unique insights into the widely misunderstood role of corporate government relations and how it affects public policy.

In 2018 George was a Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House. While he lost the primary, he survived to write about it with humor and insight in his tell-all book So You Think You Want to Run for Congress – published in 2019.

In 2020 he published his first novel Incentives. A humorous look at the world of economic development, Incentives is an uproarious, entertaining, comical story of the hypocrisy which permeates public policy today.

In 2023 he published his second novel, A Feeding Frenzy in Washington. A rollicking tale of Washington lobbying that will have you in stitches and make you think twice about our government.