Meet Our Outreach Team

Jennifer Davis

jdavis@ssat.org
(570) 696-0505

Jennifer was born and raised on an independent school campus in Northeastern Pennsylvania (Wyoming Seminary) and comes from a long line of educators. She has a background in speech communication and educational counseling and worked as an event coordinator while completing her graduate degree. She began her admissions career as an assistant director of admission at Garrison Forest School, an all girls boarding and day school near Baltimore, Maryland, where she interviewed girls and their families, traveled and represented Garrison Forest in numerous states and international locations, and served as a dorm parent. She joined SSATB in 2003 as SSATB’s first-ever field staff member and has been instrumental in helping to shape and guide the field-staff function at SSATB. She has traveled nationally and internationally representing SSATB. She lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania with her husband Will and sons Liam and Evan, and is currently focusing her outreach efforts in the Northeast region

Aimee Gruber

agruber@ssat.org
(250) 733-2685

Aimee has spent the past 19 years honing her skills in admission and related fields. She travels extensively throughout the U.S. and in Asia visiting schools, presenting at conferences, and meeting with education contacts on behalf of SSATB-member schools and families. She began her career in admission at The White Mountain School (NH) and went on to serve as Director of Admission and Financial Aid at the Tilton School (NH) and The Webb School of Knoxville (TN). She spent five years as the Associate Director of The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) in Washington, DC, where, among other things she managed professional development workshops, organized international student recruitment fairs in Asia, developed marketing and promotional materials about boarding schools, and represented TABS worldwide. She served two terms on the Board of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) Foundation and was a lead faculty member for SSATB’s International Admission Program.

David Mumby

dmumby@rogers.com
(416) 258-4952

David has served the North American admission community for over 30 years. From 1971 to 2004, he worked at Upper Canada College, where he held various positions, including Executive Director of Admission, Director of Admission - Boarding, Coordinator of the National Scholars Program, and Director of Athletics. He has great interest in and success at designing and developing a team approach to admissions and has a lifetime of experience, enthusiasm, professionalism and dedication to independent school education. From 1998 to 2002, he served as the chair of an Ontario consortium of independent schools and was instrumental in working with that group to adopt the SSAT as its common admission test. He has traveled extensively visiting schools across Canada, throughout the United States, and in countries around the world, and, after retiring from Upper Canada College in 2004, he officially joined SSATB’s field staff and continues to promote common admission testing in Canada, to extend SSATB’s reach into international markets, and to recruit new member schools in various locations across the U.S.

John Harrington

jhadmission@aol.com
(954) 267-9496

John is the Emeritus Director of Admission at the Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he served as the director of admission and financial aid since 1975. He is currently the executive secretary for the Association of Independent Schools of Florida (AISF), a membership organization of 50+ private-independent schools in 12 Florida counties and, in that capacity, also serves as the editor of AISF’s quarterly newsletter. He worked as a consultant for 10+ years with Independent School Management (ISM), where he served as a workshop leader for “Operating the Successful Admission Office,” a nuts-and-bolts approach to admission office management. He served for many years on SSATB’s Test Policy and Development Committee and, in 1995, was honored by SSATB with the Everett E. Gourley award in recognition for his interest in students and concern for those who serve in independent school admission. He joined SSATB’s field staff in 2003 and is focusing his efforts in Florida.

Michael Horsey

mhorsey@ssat.org
(301) 247-7326

Michael was born in England and grew up in Georgia before following the boarding school tradition of his mother's family. After obtaining undergraduate and masters degrees from the University of Georgia, Michael earned a certificate in personnel management at Georgia Tech. Michael began a 25 year career as Dean of Admissions at Georgetown Prep in Maryland where he became familiar with SSAT. While at Georgetown Prep. Michael developed the first CD-ROM admissions material for an independent secondary school and later the first paperless office with integrated on-line application for a secondary school. Before joining SSAT, Michael has had his own educational consulting firm. Michael and his wife Kate live in Maryland with their two college-aged sons. Michael shares his considerable admission expertise with member schools in the mid-Atlantic and in Georgia.

Mary Will Thomas

mwlthomas@verizon.net
(813) 886-9713

Mary Will was the Director of Admission (PK-12) at Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa, Florida, for 22 years, retiring in 2006. Before assuming the role of Director of Admissions, she taught First Grade, KG and French for eight years, also holding the position of Assistant Head of Lower Division and Admissions Co-coordinator (three years). She served on the NAIS Admissions and Marketing Board for three years representing the south. While her husband was stationed in Hawaii serving in the Marine Corps, Mary Will organized and was Principal of the Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station School for 150 Pre-K and KG students. Raised in Greenville, NC, Mary Will received her A.B. in Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduation, she taught English and French in Durham, NC and Quantico, VA. While at Charlotte Country Day School for nine years, she taught Kindergarten and was a member of the Early Childhood Admissions Team. Mary Will works with member schools in West Florida and the state of North Carolina. She presently resides in Tampa, FL.

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