Baton Rouge entrepreneur and civic leader Dan Henderson has been named chairman of the Louisiana State Arts Council by Governor Mike Foster. Henderson is one of 20 prominent Louisianans recently appointed to the State Arts Council by Foster.
Members serve at the pleasure of the governor.
He has made Baton Rouge his home since 1973. He is the owner of Gulfstream Communications, a management consulting firm. Henderson was elected to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board for a four-year term beginning January, 1995. He is also a member of the parish's Planning Commission and serves on various boards, both private and non-profit. He succeeds Penne Mobley of Shreveport as chair of the State Arts Council.