Sandy is the Music Director and Organist at Otterbein UMC. She has been a member of the music staff at Otterbein since October of 2004. As a young girl at Laurel United Methodist Church in Springfield , Illinois, Sandy was inspired by music, worship, and the church’s pipe organ which she wanted to someday learn to play. Sandy holds the degrees Bachelor of Sacred Music from Illinois Wesleyan University and Master of Church Music from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. She has served churches as organist and music director for over thirty years at churches in Illinois, Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia. Sandy considers it a blessing to work with the members of Otterbein’s dedicated and talented music ministry, including the Handbell Choirs, Sanctuary Choir, Youth Choir and College Chorale.  Sandy has two children, Jonathan and Elisabeth and a Shetland sheepdog, Harper. Also on the music staff at Blue Ridge Christian School, Sandy teaches private piano lessons, directs the High School handbell ensemble and accompanies the school choirs.  A lifelong baseball lover, Sandy is an avid fan of the Washington Nationals and enjoys all D.C. sports teams.