Jackson-Feild Behavioral Health Services (JFBHS) is pleased to announce 
that Johnnie C. McKeller has been named Director of Education for the 
Gwaltney School effective January 17, 2019. McKeller began teaching at 
the Gwaltney School in 2009, and had been serving as the acting director
 since July 1, 2018. 
 
 A resident of Franklin, McKeller earned his undergraduate 
degree from Longwood University, and his Master's degree from Cambridge 
College. He has been an educator since 2005 in a variety of capacities 
with several school divisions in North Carolina and Virginia. He also 
has been a coach for baseball, football, wrestling, track & field, 
and basketball.
 
McKeller is well liked and respected by the students as well as 
his colleagues, and his promotion has been well-received. With 
infectious enthusiasm, McKeller is a visionary who constantly seeks to 
improve himself and the Gwaltney School.