

Wed, Jun 18
|Ice House Brewery
June Colonial Beach WIB Meeting with Speaker Karen Daly, President Stratford Hall
Time & Location
Jun 18, 2025, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Ice House Brewery, 119 Monroe Bay Ave, Colonial Beach, VA 22443, USA
About the event
Meet and Greet
Karen Daly, President Stratford Hall
Women in Preservations; Stratford Hall Updates
Karen Daly joined Stratford Hall as President in January 2021. She was previously the Executive Director of Dumbarton House, Federal period house museum and headquarters of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Washington, DC from 2008 to 2020.
During her tenure at Dumbarton House, she oversaw strategic planning, institutional advancements, capital campaign fundraising, renovations, and collections expansion. Before becoming executive director in 2008, Karen served as education director for five years and, earlier in her career, taught fourth grade in the DC public school system.
Karen currently serves as President of the Virginia Association of Museums, one of the most active museum service organizations in the country. She also received the William A. Cochran Award by the Georgetown Citizens Association and the Communitarian Award from the Georgetown Business Association.