Secondary School Admission Test Board

The Secondary School Admission Test Board (SSATB) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1957 by 10 independent school admissions officers to solve the problem of students being forced to take a test for every secondary school they applied toThe Secondary School Admission Board, "Mission Statement", 2006, http://www.ssatmembers.org/] . Operating under their mission statement, "To Support the Secondary School Admission Process" The Secondary School Admission Board, "Mission Statement", 2006, http://www.ssatmembers.org/] , the SSATB has become nationwide and nearly every independent middle school and high school in the United States is now a member, including members in all 50 States. The SSATB's main function is the administration of the Secondary School Admission Test, a standardized test which is used in the admissions process of all member schools and is administered on six continents in 76 countries.

Administration

The current president is Regan Kenyon, who has been the President since 1983 The Secondary School Admission Board, "Mission Statement", 2006, http://www.ssatmembers.org/] . A great advocate for private schools, he founded two schools himself in the Virgin Islands.

The Board of Directors includes:
*The Chair, Dr. James K. Scott, President of the Punahou School in Hawaii
*The Vice Chair, Mr. Thomas Southworth, Director of Admissions of the Loomis Chaffee School in Connecticut
*The Secretary, Ms. Patricia Talbert Smith, Head of School at the St. Francis Episcopal Day School in Maryland
*The Treasurer, Mr. Joseph Wandke, Headmaster of the Stevenson School in California
*Ms. A. Randol Benedict, Director of Admission/Financial Aid at the Garrison Forest School inMaryland
*Ms. Monique L. DeVane, Assistant Head of School of the Hawken School in Ohio
*Ms. Barbara Flanagan, Dean of Admission of Western Reserve Academy in Ohio
*Mr. Kilian Forgus, Director of Admission and Financial Aid of Saint Andrew's School in Florida
*Ms. Karen N. Kindler, Director of Admission and Financial Aid at San Francisco University High School in California
*Ms. Ellen Moceri, Head of School at the Ransom Everglades School in Florida
*Ms. Susan Nelson, Head of Schools, at The Webb Schools in California
*Mr. Douglas C. Price, Director of Admission at the Episcopal High School in Virginia
*Ms. Irma Rodriguez, Senior Consultant of Workplace Fairness at The Coca-Cola Company
*Mr. Lawrence Sampleton, Director of Admission/Co-Director of Financial Aid at St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Texas
*Dr. Tyler C. Tingley, Principal of Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire
*Ms. Linda Whitlock, Chief Executive Officer at Boys & Girls Club of Boston. The Secondary School Admission Board, "Mission Statement", 2006, http://www.ssatmembers.org/]

References

ee also

[http://www.ssatmembers.org/ SSATB Members' Website]