Meet Our Team

Aimee Gruber

Senior Director of Outreach and Business Development
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.

Jennifer Davis

Member Services and Training Associate
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

Michael Horsey

Director of Outreach
mhorsey@ssat.org
(301) 247-7326

Michael was born in England and grew up in Atlanta 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 SSATB. 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 once again lives in Atlanta where he shares his considerable admission expertise with member schools in the Southeast.

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