Staff

The Summer 2007 Staff included (standing) Catherine Wilkerson, Robert Mosolgo-Clark, Samantha Chapman, Emily Beirne, Charlotte Hornsby, Michael Beirne and Ralph Geilker, (kneeling) David Montague, Todd Barnett, Andrew Junkin, Taylor Guss, (sitting) Meredith Montague and Carling Klalo. Scott Martin and Mike Messaro are absent from the photo.

	Todd Barnett — Todd is the co-founder and director of Field Camp. He is trained as a Wilderness First Responder, and he teaches many of the ethics, leadership, nature and outdoors classes at camp. Formerly the Banfield Endowed Chair for Ethics at Landon School, he is currently the Head of School and Founder of Field School of Charlottesville, a middle school for boys. He also consults and teaches Leadership and Ethics classes at regional independent schools. He plays guitar and mandolin in the camp band. He is training his dog Tupelo to answer the camp phone when he is away, but with little success.
	Meredith Montague - Meredith has been at Field Camp since day #1. As a Wilderness First Responder, she teaches safety and outdoors classes and takes practically all the pictures for us (except the one to the left). Meredith graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 2003 with degrees in French and history of art. When she's not off traveling somewhere (she spent two weeks in the Fall of 2005 in Uganda), she plays guitar and sings in the camp band. She led the Outdoor Leadership School with her brother David in 2005. Check out Meredith's photography business at www.meredithmontague.com.
	Michael Beirne -- Michael used to come to camp, now he's a counselor. He is a junior at the University of Richmond where he is enjoying himself immensely. He is probably our most traveled counselor, and he was named "Best Dressed" at the 2003 Field Camp Day games. Michael has been at Field Camp since our first year.
	Carling Klalo -- Carling is our first camper-turned-counselor. She knows all the camp songs by heart, plays them regularly in her Toyota Forerunner, and lately she is picking up guitar. Carling has also been at Field Camp since our first year.
	Robert Mosolgo-Clark -- Robert, pictured to the left with Carling, spent his first summer as a CIT in '03 after many years with us as a camper. In 2004, he won the counselor division of the inaugural Elijahball tournament, and he competes with Elijah as our best chess player year in-year out. He has been at Field Camp for a large part of his life, going back to 2000.
	David Montague - Dave headed our Leadership School in 2005 with his sister Meredith. Dave has been working as a guide in Maine for the past five years and is an avid hunter, fisherman, backpacker, canoeist, trapper, sailor, seakayaker, birdwatcher, and outdoor enthusiast. He can usually be found straining his neck to look at birds or staring intently at an ant or beetle or lizard. He is also a graduate of NOLS Patagonia, a Wilderness First Responder, and a Leave No Trace Trainer.
	Ralph Geilker - Ralph has been at Field Camp since 2004. He was also present at the first Leadership School in 2004 and the second in 2005. Born and bred in C’ville, he currently attends Charlottesville High School where he is a member of the band. At camp, Ralph enjoys playing Bartball and capture the flag, where he crushes, so make sure you get on his team.
	Catherine Wilkerson - A junior at Tandem Friends School, Catherine has been at Field Camp since the first year. An actress, she re-created several moving scenes during the Summer of 2006, such as "Where's My Binky?" and the unforgettable, "Falling Off Top Bunk."
	Elijah Kirsch -- Elijah was a camper in our first-ever week of camp back in 2000, and he is now in his second year at U.Va. having moved back recently from Austin, Texas. He is a wonderful pal to his little brother Finny and he plays a mean game of chess. Elijah was one of the fifteen people present at the first day of Field Camp in 2000, and he is a legend on the aptly named Elijahball courts.
	Andrew Junkin joined us in 2007 after graduating from U.Va. He quickly established himself as the man to beat in contests such as innertube bowling and cornhole. After making a brief and critically performance as our 32nd president, he started teaching Chemistry at E.C. Glass HS in Lynchburg.
	Scott Martin goes way back at Field Camp, way back. After returning regularly on Thursday nights over the last few years, he finally found his calling as an actor in Geilker and Duva's production of "The New Kid" where he played a protective counselor. Scott goes to U.Va.
	Charlotte Hornsby -- Charlotte started working as a counselor in 2005 and won the women's counselor division in the storied Elijahball tournament. A film student at NYU, she likes good music, and she even knows all the words to "Buttercup." When in town, she likes to hang out on the downtown mall and eat at Eppie's. If you're googling her and find her here, tell her to get started on her entry for the Field Camp Film Fest 2008. Also, tell her, and her family, not to change that phone message.
	Taylor Guss - A sophomore at Saint Anne’s Belfield School in Charlottesville, Taylor was present at the very first week of Field Camp as well as the first Field Camp Day and Pirate’s Day. He enjoys running, paintball, and camping, and in recent capture-the-flag games pitting the campers against the counselors, he has, at times, been the lone counselor holding off the campers seemingly for hours.
Old Counselors who still show up from time to time...
	Leah Montgomery -- Leah is now teaching at math at Tandem Friends School. At Field Camp, she taught our arts and crafts classes, and brought her two dogs, Bella and Gus, along on our hikes.
	George Craddock -- A man who loves both dead sardines and advanced capture-the-flag strategy, George joined the FC staff in 2005, just after badly stubbing his toe in Myanmar. A native of Charlottesville and a 2004 graduate of Princeton, he has gone over to the "dark side," after teaching at Landon for several years. Come to think of it, he also does great impressions.
	Meredyth Haas - A third-year student at U.Va., Meredyth came to Field Camp in 2006, and promptly distinguished herself by winning the girl's counselor division Elijahball tourney and helping her team to victory in the counselor hoops game. A woman with her own Sam's Club card, she also has an uncanny ability to shape ground beef into works of art.
	Mimi Pohl -- Mimi started working at Field Camp as a counselor and for our Leadership Program in 2004. Her previous job had been as a trainer of killer whales at Sea World in Orlando. She is an avid runner and biker, and was often seen riding to and from Free Union in the mornings and afternoons in the Summer of 2004. She and her husband Frank and their daughter Anna live in Charlottesville. She kicks butt, really.
	Darren Ball -- Darren also began at Field Camp in 2004 as a counselor and director in the Leadership School. He had been a graduate student in education at U.Va., and came to us after successful stints as a camp director in North Carolina. Darren competed in a triathlon this summer, and when he's not in Charlottesville, you can probably find him in Pisgah National Forest. He is currently working for the MS Foundation in Charlottesville.
	Jay Fennell — A graduate of Transylvania University, Jay co-founded and co-directed the Field Camp through the summer of 2002. Jay and Erika Thelen were married in the summer of 2003, and they are the parents of two boys, Jed and Lio.
	Erika Thelen Fennell--A recent graduate of UVA, Erika worked from our first summer through 2002 and ran the Field Camp News among many other things. She is is currently working for a vet in Crozet. See the bio just above (Jay Fennell) for more information.
	Scotty Waylett -- A graduate of St. Anne's-Belfield School, Scotty used to organize games at camp and give guitar lessons. He does a mean Forrest Gump version of our camp song, and played guitar in the camp band. Scotty worked from the first year of camp through 2002, after which he moved to Aspen, a small skiing town, reputedly in California. He returned briefly in 2003 to lead a hike at Riprap. We hope to see him again in the future. And Scott, if you're reading this, give me a ring.
	Ms. Peggy Boutilier—Formerly a third grade teacher at the Venable School, Peggy was a standout athlete at the University of Virginia, gaining All-American distinction in both lacrosse and field hockey, and named Player of the Year in 1998. She was also honored the following year for her athletic and academic accomplishments when she won the 1998 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Peggy also coached the Charlottesville High School women’s lacrosse team. She and her husband their two boys live in C-ville.
	Gretchen Goodrich - Gretchen just finished her fourth year as a biology major at UVA and she will receive her masters in secondary science education after student teaching this fall. She comes from Freeport, Maine and enjoys traveling and lots of outdoor activities, such as hiking, camping, running, and swimming.
	Bart McIntosh -- A man who has been to the lowest point in the United States, Bart started as a counselor in the Summer of 2002. A standout soccer player in high school, he is now a senior at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Old Staff Photos...

The Summer 2006 Staff includes (back row) Michael Beirne, Karim Logue, Nathalie Woolworth, David Montague, George Craddock and Todd Barnett, and (front row) Catherine Wilkerson, Meredyth Haas, Gretchen Goodrich, Meredith Montague, and Ralph Geilker. Absent from the photo are Elijah Kirsch and Robert Mosolgo-Clark.

The Summer 2005 Staff is pictured above. From left to right, front row, are David Montague, Meredith Montague, Robert Mosolgo-Clark, and Todd Barnett, and back row, Charlotte Hornsby, Jay Fennell, Michael Beirne, Bart McIntosh, George Craddock, and Elijah Kirsch.

The Summer 2004 Staff is pictured above. From left to right, back row, are the All City Bullfrogs, Carling Klalo, Bart McIntosh, Darren Ball, and Elijah Kirsch, and the front row is made up of the Hoops Groundhogs, Robert Mosolgo-Clark, Mimi Pohl, Todd Barnett, and Meredith Montague. The Frogs continued their dynasty, beating the Hogs handily on Field Camp Day. Other staffers not pictured here are Michael Beirne and Samantha Chapman.

The Summer 2003 Staff is pictured above. From left to right are Michael Beirne, Bart McIntosh, Carling Klalo, Leah Montgomery, Meredith Montague and Todd Barnett. Counselors Elijah Kirsch and Robert Mosolgo-Clark are not pictured here.

The Summer 2002 Staff is pictured above. From left to right, are Todd Barnett, Cori Smeriglio, Jay Fennell, Erika Thelen, Scotty Waylett, Bart McIntosh, Leah Montgomery, Carling Klalo and Meredith Montague. Other staffers and volunteers not pictured here included D. French Slaughter, Erin McMahon, Michael Beirne, Luke Thelen, and Scott Martin.

The Summer 2001 Staff is pictured above. From right to left, top row, are Anna Montgomery, Scotty Waylett, Peggy Boutilier, Todd Barnett, Carling Klalo, Jess Bossler, and in the bottom row are Meredith Montague, Erika Thelen, Jay Fennell, Jessica Small and Cori Smeriglio.