North Cross Upper School Faculty
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Administration
![]() Stephen Belderes
Director of Upper School, Director of Summer Programs St. Andrews University—B.A. Fayetteville State University—M.A. Appointed 2006 Morris Award 2012 ![]() Leigh Ann Hamlin
Dean of Students for Willis Hall, Director of Counseling Virginia Tech—B.A. Virginia Commonwealth University—M.Ed. Appointed 2015 |
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![]() Augustine Asta
Upper School Math Temple University—B.A. St. Joseph’s University—M.Ed. Appointed 2019 |
![]() Polly Jones
English Department Chair, Upper School English, Winter Play Armstrong State University—B.A. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary—M.R.E. Appointed 2012 Morris Award 2017 |
![]() Amy Bagliani
Upper School Computer Science, STEM Curriculum Co-Coordinator, Coding Club, Head Coach Girls Varsity Tennis Roanoke College—B.S. Appointed 2014 |
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![]() Chris Brandon
Upper School French Illinois State University—B.A. Tulane University—M.A. CUNY Graduate Center—M.Phil., Ph.D. Candidate Appointed 2016 Morris Award 2020 ![]() ![]() Ryan Cook '93
Upper School History, Head Coach Boys and Girls Middle School Soccer Radford University—B.A. Appointed 2013 |
![]() Michael Koss
Math Department Chair, Upper School Math University of Michigan—B.A. Indiana University—Ph.D. Appointed 2018 ![]() Victor Lamas
Upper School History, Assistant Head of School for Academics, Director of the Lower School Washington and Lee Univerity—B.A. University of Virginia—M.A. Appointed 1998 Morris Award 2014 ![]() Jennifer Landry
Science Department Chair, Upper School Chemistry, STEM Curriculum Co-Coordinator, Robotics Club UCLA—B.S. Penn State—M.A. Appointed 2005 Morris Award 2016 |
![]() Nicki Dabney
Yearbook, Director of International Operations, Marketing Associate Lawrence University—B.A. Indiana University—M.A. Appointed 2018 |
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![]() Ryan DeMarco
Upper School History Birmingham-Southern College—B.A. University of Edinburgh—M.S. Appointed 2018 ![]() Ed Dickenson
Lower and Upper School French, Upper School English, Head Coach Cross Country and Track & Field Hampden-Sydney College—B.A. Appointed 1989 ![]() Mistie Dickenson
Upper School Biology Longwood University—B.S. Mississippi State University—M.S. Appointed 2018 ![]() ![]() Wanda Finney
World Languages Department Chair, Upper School Latin Randolph-Macon Woman’s College—B.A. University of Cincinnati—Ph.D. Appointed 2011 ![]() ![]() ![]() Amy Jackson
Art Department Chair, Upper School Studio Art Wake Forest University—B.A. Virginia Commonwealth University—M.A.E. Appointed 2004 Morris Award 2021 |
![]() Timothy Naginey
Upper School Physics Old Dominion University—B.S. University of Oxford—Ph.D. Appointed 2019 ![]() Rachelle Phillips
Upper School Spanish Randolph-Macon College—B.A. University of Virginia—M.S., Ph.D. Candidate Appointed 2016 ![]() Chris Pollock
Upper School Sports Business, Assistant Athletic Director, Assistant Coach Boys Varsity Soccer, Head Coach Boys Varsity Lacrosse Roanoke College—B.S. Appointed 2001 ![]() Robert Robillard
Director of Global Studies, History Department Chair, Upper School History, Willis Hall Herald Advisor University of California, Davis—A.B. San Francisco State—M.A. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary—M.T.S. Northwestern University—M.S.Ed. Appointed 2011 ![]() Sarah Sledd ’12
Upper School Graphic Design, Assistant Director of Marketing Liberty University—B.S. Appointed 2018 ![]() Scott Wilde
Upper School Math, Head Coach Varsity Golf Bowling Green State University—B.S. Liberty University—M.S. Appointed 2012 |
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