Ms. Dana Henson

Dana Henson is a Principal and Vice President of The Henson Development Company, Inc. (THC), a 100% family-owned real estate development company, and she is also Owner and President of Platform Construction, LLC, a 100% woman-minority-owned construction business. With over 26 years in real estate development, she is highly sought after and recognized for her expertise in creative and luxury affordable housing developments, business development and community engagement. Her commitment to community development and inclusion of minority and women owned businesses is unparalleled. Ms. Henson was recognized as a 2021 Baltimore Business Journal Best in Real Estate Awardee for all of her development efforts and ongoing commitment to excellence. Her development of strategic business and government partnerships for meeting such goals has been recognized by numerous government agencies. She has worked on over $600 Million in developments of affordable and market rate rental and homeownership units. THC is currently 1 of four partners working on the $1 Billion-dollar Choice Neighborhood redevelopment of Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown (PSO) in Baltimore, Maryland and the $100 Million redevelopment of 17.3 acres in Park Heights. Ms. Henson’s personal hands-on oversight and attention to detail has grown Platform Construction to working on multi-million-dollar projects including 1405 Point Street Apartments and Wills Wharf, a Hilton Canopy Hotel and Allied Apartments located in Harbor Point, Baltimore. Dana is a Cum Laude graduate of Lincoln University with a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Business Administration and minor in Accounting, completing her degree in 3 years. Ms. Henson is a serial entrepreneur, has a strong commitment to giving back through her non-profit Teaching Education and Motivation (TEAM), and has held executive marketing and sales positions with IBM and Xerox Corporation. Ms. Henson currently serves as Co-Vice Chair of Port Discovery Children’s Museum sitting on the Diversity, Future Focus and Governance Committees and is also a CityLab Fellow participating as a part of the Capstone Review Team assisting with the evaluation of projects of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University where she also served as Commencement speaker of their 2021 Graduation. Ms. Henson is Baltimore City Commissioner of Housing appointee to the Inclusionary Housing Steering Committee and a Housing Plan Advisory Committee Appointee and a member of the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services Core Leadership Team.