PHS Friday Letter

ANNE KRANTZ, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice with children and adults in San Francisco. She was a PHS parent for 14 years, and is currently serving as a community board member. 

TOBY MORRIS is the father of Emily (Class of 2009) and Tucker (Class of 2011) and an alumnus of PHS in some of its relatively tumultuous years of the late 60’s and early 70’s. Toby has been a member of the PHS community as a parent since 1999. By profession, Toby is an architect with a masters degrees in Architecture and in City Planning from UC Berkeley where he has also taught courses on affordable housing design and development. He and his wife, Biz Kerman-Morris, have a small architectural firm, Kerman/Morris Architects, specializing in housing (custom single-family; mixed-use; non-profit and market-rate multi-family projects) in San Francisco. Toby’s volunteer efforts with Presidio Hill have included work with the Development Committee on auction planning/fundraising, alumni outreach, volunteering at school events and curbside duties. He is currently a member of the Finance Committee and search Committee for the new Head. Outside of the school, he has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and supported the efforts of non-profit housing developers in San Francisco.

ROBYN MOSS is PHS’s First Grade teacher, and also serves as a cross country coach. She is in her second year at PHS. Prior to PHS, Robyn taught first and second grades at Children's Day School and first and third grades at Town School For Boys.  Her prior experience includes working as a recruiter for Organic, Inc, CBRE, and in marketing for several small software companies in the Bay Area. Robyn is a native New Yorker and has a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Boston University and a Multiple-Subject Teaching Credential through the BATTI Program at San Francisco State. She has been a participant and fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team In Training and has completed two marathons, one century ride, two olympic distance triathlons and two Ironman triathlons. She has raised over $40,000 for cancer research.  

AMY PEARSON is the Director of Admissions and Financial Assistance. She has co-coached middle school x-country and takes a particular interest in helping “green” the school (composting is her forte). Prior to PHS, Amy was the Associate Director of Admissions at The Nueva School. Before landing in admissions, Amy taught 2nd/3rd grade at Marin Horizon School and worked as a writer and project manager for a local advertising agency.  She has always been drawn to the communities in independent schools and has a particular fondness for the community at PHS. Amy enjoys spending time with her children, Emmaline and Henry, visiting with extended family (all seven grandparents live in the Bay Area), volunteering at her children’s preschool, baking, exercising and checking out all the treasured kid spots in the Bay Area.    
Amy has a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Vassar College, a New York State teaching credential, a master’s degree in creative writing from San Francisco State University and a baking and pastry arts certificate from California Culinary Academy.

ANNE REGENSTEIN is the mother of Talia (Class of 2011) and Jacob (Class of 2009). She has co-chaired the Development Committee and has also been a room parent. Anne served on the Board of Directors of Pacific Primary for three years, chairing the Committees on Communications and Alumni Relations. For three years she coordinated the production of that school's annual newsletter and their Book Fair. Anne is a perinatologist (high risk obstetrician) at Kaiser Permanente. She received her degrees from Brown University and the Yale School of Medicine.

HELLE RYTKØNEN is the mother of Mika (Class of 2116) and Teresa (Class of 2010). Helle is a native Dane and came to the US as an exchange student at UC Berkeley 15 years ago. After two years at Berkeley, Helle went to Stanford University and earned a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature in 2002. She's been a fellow at the Program of Comparative Studies of Race and Ethnicity at Stanford and is now employed as a Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford. She has also taught at University of San Francisco and recently taught a class of former addicts at a halfway house in Redwood city. Helle is on the admission committee at Stanford and has served as committee chair on numerous committees there and at the Telegraph Hill Cooperative Nursery School where Mika and Teresa went to pre-school. She has also served on various committees at PHS, including as the co-chair of the diversity committee and the May Fest. She is currently helping revise the PHS mission statement and is a member of the trustees committee.

MANOLO SANTANA is the father of Alejandro (Class of 2010) and Daniel (Class of 2016). Born in Cuba, Manolo is a producer and attorney who has garnered a respected reputation for his work in the music industry since 1990. From his ground-breaking work in Havana with some of Cuba's most important artists, to multiple Grammy-award-winning artist Carlos Santana and other internationally renowned performers, Manolo has been at the helm of some of the most exciting and innovative productions to date. During the mid-1990s, he also acted as co-creator and chief developer of Star Media Broadband. Manolo and his family have been active at PHS since his oldest son was in kindergarten. His wife, Rebeca Mauleon, a professional musician, has also been active at the school, teaching after-school drumming classes, performing at benefits, and working as a musician in classrooms.

MAX SCHRANK has a daughter, Hannah (Class of 2015). Max has been in the financial and technology industries for over 15 years as a manager in many capacities ranging from operations, sales, technology, project management and information security. Max has been with Wells Fargo for 8 years and currently is a security program manager in Internet Services. He has worked the morning curb duty at PHS for the several years and served on the food committee for AFKS in 2006 and 2007. He has also helped in many capacities at Mayfest, Follies and other PHS events. Max has been involved in volunteer work since high school when he worked with the Red Cross on blood drives and fundraising. He has been a mentor for inner city children and regularly has organized volunteer events from park and beach cleanups to foodservice for the needy. He also is a leader for the annual United Way campaign at Wells Fargo. He is exceptionally proud of the family and social values that PHS stands for and wants to help promote the school to greater prominence as San Francisco’s premier independent school. He currently serves on the Finance committee.

TINEKE TRIGGS is the mother of Ryan (Class of 2015), and Jaden, (Class of 2017). After graduating from UC Santa Barbara as a Mathematical Sciences major, Tineke worked as an analyst for Robertson Stephens Investment Banking for two years before moving into sales. She then moved to the Chicago to start a sales position with Linotype Corp. She was the first female rep. to become number one in the nation. After four years she went to work for high-tech firm Silicon Graphics, Cisco Systems and finally Inktomi Corp. At Inktomi Corp. Tineke was extremely successful, becoming the top salesperson for each of the six years she worked there. After the financial success of her years at Inktomi, and with the birth of her second child, Tineke decided to shift careers and follow her dream of becoming a Interior designer. In September of 2002 she started the design firm, Artistic Designs for Living. Tineke’s work has been published in many national magazines, including California Homes and Designs, Better Homes and Gardens, and Western Interiors. Tineke's passions are her two boys, interpretive dance, horses, tennis, and art.