
by Gabrielle Davis
June 2010
ORLANDO — Tallahassee resident Maria E. Henderson, an insurance consultant at Akerman Senterfitt, will become an officer of The Florida Bar Foundation in serving as the Foundation’s first vice president. Henderson will take office July 1.
She first began serving on the Foundation’s board in 2004 as one of the board’s public members and has served on the Foundation’s administration of justice, development, finance and audit and executive committees.
In Henderson’s first term on the board, she chaired the Foundation’s Sub-Committee on Planned Giving, and served on the Development and the Administration of Justice Grants committees. Most recently she served as chair of the Administration of Justice Grants committee.
She also served on the Capital Campaign Committee of Florida Legal Services.
Henderson, a Florida Bar Foundation Fellow, previously served on the Board of Trustees of The Tampa Museum of Art, and previously served on the Second Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee of The Florida Bar.
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