Our Team
Than Healy has grown up in Independent Schools having been raised on the campus of Punahou School in Honolulu where his father was the Principal of the high school for 40 years. After graduating from Williams College, Than began his career in education at the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, CA, where he taught history and psychology and served in a number of roles in the life of the school. Continuing his collegiate athletic career, Than coached basketball and water polo and directed the summer athletic program.
Stevenson honored Than with the McNeely Chair for Outstanding Educator; he was the youngest faculty member to earn this recognition. In 1995, Than took a yearlong hiatus from education to play professional basketball in Frankfurt, Germany. He then returned to teach at Punahou for four years before earning an MA in Educational Administration with a focus on private school leadership from the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2001.
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Since 2013 Than has served as the Head at Menlo School, an 800 student 6-12 school in the heart of Silicon Valley. Prior to his move to California Than served as the Upper School Director and Assistant Head of School at Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington for twelve years.
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Than and his wife Deborah have three adult daughters and happily reside in the Bay Area.