Secondary School Admission Test Board

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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 to^[1]. Operating under their mission statement, "To Support the Secondary School Admission Process" ^[1], 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.

[edit] Administration

The current president is Regan Kenyon, who has been the President since 1983 ^[1]. 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. ^[1]