Banks is a specialist in 20th-century American political and labor history. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the struggle over affirmative action in the New York City building and construction trades during the 1960s and 1970s. She has taught courses at the New School, Columbia University, and Barnard College and is currently the chair of the history department at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.

She received her B.A. in history and religious studies from New York University, her M.A. in political science from the New School for Social Research and her Ph. D. in American history from Columbia University.
 

Maura Fufey Maciel has been teaching Spanish to middle and high school students for over ten years in places such as Eugene, Oregon, Miami, and currently in the Bronx at the Fieldston School.  She has run high school study abroad programs to Guanajuato, México.  She started walking tours of Spanish-speaking New York and is currently focused on the evolving cultural impacts of recently arrived immigrants in New York City.

Maura Furfey Maciel received her B.A. in Spanish and anthropology from the University of Oregon.
 

Andrew Meyers received his A.B. in architecture from Princeton University, his M.A. in architectural and planning history from Yale University, and the M.Phil. in American urban history from Columbia University. He has taught courses at Connecticut College, Yale University, and Columbia University. Currently chair of the History Department at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Mr. Meyers is a specialist in American urban and architectural history and is presently researching New Deal planning in New York City. His publications in urban history focus on the development and planning of the modern American city. He was among the first tour leaders for Big Onion Walking Tours, New York City’s largest provider of historical and architectural walking tours.

Clare Mottola has taught, directed and produced across the U.S. She has worked as a drama educator with students ages five and up, and her diverse teaching experience includes Indiana University and Seattle Children's Theatre. At Open Circle Theatre, Mottola taught young adults who were in Seattle's juvenile detention facilities/ programs. Mottola co-founded mtp! in 1998, an interdisciplinary arts organization. It’s work includes a world premiere production of John Berger's Once in Europa. mtp! has also hosted Brooklyn's inner city young artists for their Get Down, summer arts education program. mtp! continues to produce its annual new works festivals including Cherry Picking, which has been seen in both New York and Chicago. At Seattle's Intiman Theatre, Mottola worked in their education department, developing their study guide, a teaching tool for public school educators utilizing theatre in English classrooms. Mottola has been a member of the performing arts department at The Ethical Culture Fieldston School since 1998.  She is currently the chair of the department.

She graduated with a B.S. degree in drama and English from Syracuse University, and received her M.F.A. in directing from Indiana University.
 

Howie Waldman has taught biology at Fieldston for 12 years, during which time he has served as class dean for eight years and most recently, as Fieldston's "Green Dean", working on school-wide issues of sustainability. He has developed curriculum for the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the NYC Parks Department, where he was an urban park ranger and ultimately, borough director of the Queens Rangers.

Howie Waldman received his B.S. in environmental biology from Yale University and his M.S. in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Arizona.