DIA exec Annmarie Erickson to step down

Sherri Welch - Annmarie Erickson, executive vice president and COO of the Detroit Institute of Arts, is stepping down after 17 years with the museum to pursue a position as a consultant on a regional transit education campaign. Erickson's contract to serve as special adviser for coalition building and government relations to the Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation is still being finalized, the foundation's communications director Jim Martinez said Thursday.  In that role,