PORT TOWNSEND — Thatcher Bailey has resigned as Centrum’s executive director after five years in the position to form a task force and nonprofit organization to negotiate with the Washington State Parks Commission about managing Fort Worden State Park’s planned lifelong learning center.
Bailey’s resignation is effective Nov. 15, although he will continue to work as a consultant to Centrum. The Centrum board is searching for a successor.
Kisha Palmer, who has been serving the past 11 months as Centrum’s director of business development, will act as interim director.
“She’s stepping in to assure Centrum keeps raising the bar on itself,” Bailey said.
“She’s the logical person to handle things.”
Centrum, a 36-year-old arts and education organization and a founding partner at Fort Worden State Park, on Tuesday announced its intention to submit a letter of interest to Washington State Parks to begin negotiations about options for nonprofit management of the lifelong learning center.
The announcement comes after the Washington State Parks Commission last Thursday approved beginning the process of finding and selecting a nonprofit organization to pursue management and operations of the planned lifelong learning center at Fort Worden.
