David Keller was a Roosevelt resident from 1981 to 1989 and is still a member of the board of the Roosevelt Arts Project. He is the author of five collections of poetry. He has taught poetry workshops in New York and has served as Poetry Coordinator for biennial poetry festivals, on the Board of Governors for the Poetry Society of America, and as a member of the Advisory Board of The Frost Place.

He currently lives with his wife Eloise Bruce in Lawrenceville.