Meet our Instructors and Staff

at the National Building Museum Summer Camp

This is a list of some of our upcoming Summer Camp staff members. Please check this page in the future for a complete list of Summer 2013 camp instructors and staff.

Sally Otis (Camp Director) is the Family Programs Manager at the National Building Museum. She graduated with a BA in Graphic Design and a MAT in Museum Education. She has experience teaching history, art and science and has led a class on mural making and building terrariums. Sally's favorite weekend activity is working in the garden with her family or going for a run with her dog.

Jennifer Beach (Group Leader) is currently the Family Programs Assistant and is looking forward to getting involved as a Group Leader this summer. She will receive her MA this May in history of decorative arts with The Smithsonian Associates. Jennifer has worked in interior design, with a furniture manufacturer, and as an educator with several public schools and a Montessori school. In her free time she designs and builds wooden chairs.

Megan Fogarty (Group Leader) currently works for the National Building Museum as a Museum Teacher. She graduated from the University of Arizona in 2010 with an MFA in photography. Her artwork investigates spatial relationships. She's excited to help the campers explore the built environment. Although she lives in the DC area, she is an unabashed St. Louis Cardinals fan.

Caitlin Miller (Group Leader) taught at Tudor Place Summer History Weeks last year and has spent the 2012-13 school year teaching students about city planning, the architecture of houses, and history as a Museum Teacher at the National Building Museum. She just finished her master's degree in Public History and enjoys gardening and making her own paper for letter-writing.