The Duluth Armory to change leadership model after Executive Director Mark Poirier announces retirement
The Duluth Armory Arts and Music Center announced their transition to a Co-Executive Director model as the current Executive Director Mark Poirier announced his 2025 retirement on Wednesday May 29th.
The Duluth Armory has tripled their staff in the last year and a half and Co-Executive Director Michelle Miller hopes the transition will help the staff “divide and conquer” their projects.
“When it’s such a small staff there doesn’t need to be a hierarchy of leadership, we’re all working equally on different components,” says Co-Executive Director Michelle Miller. “It takes a lot to restore a 100,000 square foot building. There are multiple pieces of the puzzle.”
The Duluth Armory Arts and Music Center is planning to start full construction on the Armory early in 2025. They are hoping to open the Duluth Armory Arts and Music Center in Spring and Summer of 2026.