Front Desk Clerk Anna is a graduate student at the University of San Francisco, working toward a Master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language. She is originally from Iowa. She has a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from San Francisco...
Janitor Eswin “Omar” Cotom was born and raised in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, along with his five brothers and sisters. After graduating with a technical degree as a lathe operator, Omar was married, and he and his wife welcomed their first...
Janitor Gloria was born and raised in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala where she married and started a family with Eswin Omar. She joined her husband in San Francisco five years ago and promptly began helping him with his janitorial work at Live Oak School...
Sixth Grade Humanities Teacher Kristen Daniel brought nine years of teaching experience to our founding sixth grade team. She attended Brown University and jumped immediately into the classroom at Summit Middle School to fulfill her New Jersey...
Accounting Maria has B.S. in Psychology from university in the Philippines, where she grew up. Maria came to SFFS with 17 years working in accounting, conflict/records management, and business services. She also served for five years as an air...
Developmental Support Coordinator, Learning Specialist (Grades K-4) Frances joined the SFFS team as a consulting learning specialist in 2008, and moved into her current role as developmental support services coordinator and learning specialist in...
Board of Trustees Brian Elliott grew up in Illinois and earned his BA in Economics and Mathematics from Northwestern University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Brian worked for Boston Consulting Group in Chicago, Singapore and San Francisco...
Fifth and Sixth Grade Humanities Teacher A native San Franciscan from Noe Valley, Evelyn has three degrees from UC Berkeley: a B.A. in Anthropology and Economics, and a Master’s in Business Administration. She spent nearly decade as a business...
Third Grade Teaching Assistant Sarah Fox was born and raised in a family of ten in southern California. As a child she was a jock - playing soccer and Little League and later joining Palos Verdes Peninsula High School soccer, softball and track and...
Middle School Teaching Assistant Don Frazier joined the SFFS team in 2008. He has a long interest in animation, graphic arts and music, and graduated with his BS in Media Arts and Animation from the Art Institute of California-San Francisco in 2009....
Assistant Director of Development Isabel joined the SFFS development team from Women’s Initiative for Self Employment, where she managed the individual giving programs. Previously, Isabel coordinated development for nonprofits focused on...
Educational Technology Director Ryan grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and received his Bachelor of Business Administration at Stetson University in Florida. He served as IT manager at Runtime Technologies in New York for three years, acting as project...
Director of Finance and Operations Born in Detroit, Paul cut his teeth on the business of independent schools with The Children’s Storefront in Harlem in 1988. Paul has held positions as business manager/director of finance at St. Bernard’s...
Associate Director of Admissions Raised in Curacao in the Caribbean, Suzanne is fluent in Spanish, Dutch, and Papiamentu and enjoys using her Spanish to welcome visitors to SFFS and to translate admissions materials. A graduate of Smith and Bank...
Kindergarten Teaching Assistant Jane’s extensive teaching career includes work with children from age six to eighteen. Before joining the SFFS staff in 2003, she taught third grade as well as studio art and art history at Hebrew Academy, St....
Fifth Grade Humanities Teacher Beth came to SFFS with nearly a decade of teaching experience at the elementary, middle and high school levels. She is originally from Massachusetts, but regularly connects with Noah Bowling on the fact that she’s...
Second Grade Teaching Assistant Charlotte Gjested (of Danish heritage) grew up in San Francisco, and attended Live Oak School and Claire Lilienthal Elementary. She went to Lick-Wilmerding High School and graduated in 2006. At Lick-Wilmerding,...
 Grey, Brian Board of Trustees Brian Grey is the CEO at Bleacher Report, a digital publishing platform focused on delivering national news and local team-based sports coverage from a broad base sports fan contributors. Prior to Bleacher Report,...
Seventh and Eighth Grade Humanities Teacher Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, Annie lost her southern accent by spending 14 years teaching middle and high school in Brooklyn, New York. Anniehas travelled to Madagascar, Vietnam, Cuba, and...
Board of Trustees Sally Hambrecht has a long history of volunteer community service, with an emphasis in education. She has served on the boards and committees of numerous schools and universities, including Bard College, Clarke School for the Deaf,...