Field School Faculty

Faculty and Staff

Todd Barnett is the former Paul Landon Banfield Ethics Chair at the Landon School for boys in Bethesda, Maryland. He has 17 years of teaching experience at Landon, Woodberry Forest School, Grand River Academy, St. Anne’s-Belfield School, and the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught a wide range of classes in English, History, and Leadership Skills, from Grades 5-12. In 2000, he co-founded the Field Camp of Charlottesville, a successful local day and overnight camp, held annually each summer. He has won awards for both his teaching and writing. Dr. Barnett is the Founding Head of School and he teaches History.

Todd Culver teaches Science. He is a graduate of Cornell University (with a B.S. in Natural Resources) and State University of New York Cortland (with an M.S. in Science Education). He has taught Science at the middle school, high school, and college levels, most recently at Mary Baldwin College. He has also worked extensively as a naturalist and ornothologist throughout his career, as a writer, researcher, and radio show producer. His interests include nature photography, birding, fly fishing, whitewater rafting, hiking, and Dutch Oven Cooking. He and his wife and two children live in Albemarle County.

Lady Keller is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Business Administration. Her professional experience includes work in media relations, political campaigning, and project accounting, and most recently, as the general manager of Footlight Players Workshop Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina. She and her husband Karl are the parents of four children, including William, a fifth grader at Field School. Lady is the school's Asst. to the Head of School.

Ned Oldham is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a B.A. and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. Ned has ten years of teaching experience at the University of Virginia, Samford University, Loyola College, University of Alabama Birmingham, St. Paul's School for Boys, and most recently at Roland Park Public Middle School in Baltimore. He has also had a variety of other experiences including freelance journalism, trip leadership, authorship, composer and lyricist, and musician. As a musician, he has recorded with his band the Anomoanon and with his brother Will for their bands, Bonny Prince Billy and the Palace Brothers. Mr. Oldham teaches English and Latin.

Scott Rubinow teaches Math and Science. Scott has a B.A. in Math from Tufts University, and an M.B.A. and M.A. in Education from Columbia University. After a successful career as a Senior Technology Officer, most recently as Vice President in Domestic Brokerage at AIG New York, he and his family moved to central Virginia in 2005, and he has since been working as a 9th Grade Algebra and Geometry teacher at Waynesboro High School. In addition to serving on the Discipline and Career Portfolio Committees, he initiated a successful after-school basketball program at WHS. He has also worked for UBS Warburg, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Datronics, the College of Mount St. Joseph, and Sylvan Learning Center in Charlottesville. He and his family live in Keswick.

Our Music and Arts Faculty includes Brooke Dezio (Choir), Meredith Montague (Photography), Darrell Rose (Arts and Drumming), Bob Kirchman (Art), Pete Vigour (Music), and Sam Wilson (Music).