Betsy Loikow is a native Washingtonian who began her dance training at a young age with Rima Faber and the Primary Movers. She studied with the Washington School of Ballet and the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. She graduated with a B.A. in political science and film from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York in 2008. Betsy worked on Barack Obama’s Campaign for Change in Arlington, Virginia as the District of Columbia Out of State Volunteer Director. Following the 2008 presidential election, she worked at the Presidential Inaugural Committee and as a White House Fellow. She is a founding member of the D.C.-based Glade Dance Collective with which she dances and choreographs. Since August 2009, she has worked at the National Dance Education Organization in Silver Spring, Maryland on Legislative Affairs and as the Web Master.