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Walter Macdonald

President · Educational Testing Service

President at Educational Testing Service. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.4M

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Reported as President of Educational Testing Service, based in Princeton, NJ.
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Received $1.4M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Director (end 6/15/2022) of Institute for Student Achievement Foundation, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Walt MacDonald is President and Chief Executive Officer of Educational Testing Service (ETS), the $1.6 billion company best known for administering standardized tests including the SAT, GRE, TOEFL, PRAXIS, and AP exams. MacDonald has spent his entire 40+ year career at ETS, joining in 1984 as a science assessment specialist and advancing through leadership roles including Chief Operating Officer before becoming the company's sixth President and CEO on January 1, 2014.

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Tenure here
President & CEO since January 1, 2014; with ETS since 1984
Education
  • Harvard University (Advanced Management Program)

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Organizations

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Institute for Student Achievement Foundation Director (end 6/15/2022) · $3.1M revenue · Princeton, NJINSTITUTE FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION (ISAF) RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE INSTITUTE FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT (ISA), WHICH IS A PART OF…Filed FY2021 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Educational Testing Service President · $1.0B revenue · Princeton, NJEDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE (ETS) WAS INCORPORATED IN 1947 BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS AN…Filed FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.4Mreported comp

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$2.2M
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$2.0M
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$1.3M
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$1.2M
S
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$1.0M
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$981K
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$976K
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$965K
S
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$963K
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$921K
R
SVP Glob Higher Ed & Workskill · FY2024
$877K
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Former VP, Product Innovation & Dev. · FY2024
$852K

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