WSA history

Struck by the nobility and originality of Rudolf Steiner, the father and founder of Waldorf Education in 1919, Katie began to research his lectures and share her discoveries in adult study groups in Atlanta.

In 1958 membership in WSA was opened to all nationalities, all races, all families.

The Siretta 339 was first device worn entirely in-the-ear (ITE) from 1966.

WSA was founded in 1978 and is the oldest and largest youth sports organization in Wilton.

In 1980, Katie Reily, a speech therapist and educator, attended a eurythmy performance by a traveling troupe from Stuttgart.

By mid-1985, under the leadership of its first Commodore Shelli Dickenson, WSA met on a regular basis at various yacht clubs and member’s homes, boasted about 40 members, and published an excellent newsletter, “Gal’ Warnings,” whose first editor was Gail Hine of Sailing Convention for Women fame.

An Association newsletter was first published in 1986, esteemed Waldorf lecturers were sponsored, and various workshops were offered.

As of October 1987, the Association boasted fifty members.

In 1989 our corporate name changed to WSA Fraternal Life, but our focus remained constant.

A first meeting of potential members was held in August 1995 in the Hotel Pfefferhöhe, Germany.

The merger was completed in January 1996.

Already in 1997 the WSA approached the IFSS to become an IFSS member.

After a meeting between the IFSS representatives and Bernd Keusemann at the Paris Orly Airport, the WSA became in 1998 an associated member of the IFSS and holds this membership status as of today.

In 1999 WSA held its first race marshal training seminar.

Zach has worked at a high-level as an executive since October 2000 — twenty years as a workforce science executive.

Later, Acuris, the world’s first hearing aid in which right and left devices were synchronized, was launched in 2004.

In the General Assembly of 2007 Bernd Keusemann resigned from the position as Chairman and Jane Nordloff from Sweden became the new WSA Chairman.

Before Kenexa was acquired by IBM in 2012, it had quickly become, by far, the largest provider of employee research.

Zach has worked as a founding principal of Workforce Science Associates since October 2016.

Finally, and most recently in 2018, Sivantos introduced the Signia Styletto, the world’s first SLIM-RIC hearwear, combining style with high-tech hearing while Widex came out with Evoke, the world’s first hearing aid with machine learning.

Waldorf Education celebrated it's 100-year worldwide anniversary in 2019, and WSA has over three decades of expanding the worldwide movement of Waldorf education in Atlanta.

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