California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) announces Rebecca Franklin, Ed.D. as new chief deputy director following Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement of her appointment on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. 

Franklin has been the director of Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance at the California Housing Finance Agency since 2020. Before coming to CalHFA, she was the director of Innovation at the California State Compensation Insurance Fund from 2019 to 2020, Enterprise risk manager at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System from 2015 to 2019 and held multiple positions with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, including associate management consultant, program planning analyst and IT personnel analyst.