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Dan Griffith serves as vice chair and is the immediate past chair of The Authority for Kentucky Educational Television (KET), the governing board for Kentucky’s statewide public television network. He was first appointed to the Authority by Governor Matthew Bevin in 2016 and was reappointed in 2021 and 2025 by Governor Andy Beshear.

Griffith’s longstanding commitment to public media is rooted in more than three decades of service to the Friends of KET, where he held leadership roles including president of the Board and vice president of Advocacy. His volunteer leadership has been recognized through numerous honors, including being named KET Volunteer of the Year and receiving both the O. Leonard Press Volunteer Award and the National Friends of Public Broadcasting Advocacy Award.

Griffith has built a career grounded in service to the arts, education and community. He twice led the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra as chief executive officer (1985–1997 and 2014–2020), served as director of administration for a statewide law firm and later guided the Green River Area Community Foundation as executive director. During a period devoted to raising his daughter, he also provided strategic consulting to nonprofit organizations.

Griffith’s extensive civic service includes board memberships with the Commonwealth Fund for KET, the Foundation for Health of Owensboro Health, the Owensboro Symphony Foundation, the Owensboro Public Schools, including two years as board chair, the Owensboro Dance Theatre and the League of American Orchestras.