Snyder to Retire, Join Federal Board
The next president will follow Tom Snyder
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIvy Tech Community College President Tom Snyder is set to retire next year. He has led Ivy Tech since 2007, and last week, President Barack Obama named Snyder to the College Promise Advisory Board. The organization is tasked with developing free community college models and recruiting other institutions to join the effort.
The independent College Promise Advisory Board will be chaired by Dr. Jill Biden, Vice-Chaired by former Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer and directed by former Under Secretary of Education, Martha Kanter.
College Promise Advisory Board Members:
Ellen Alberding, President & Board Member, The Joyce Foundation
Matthew C. Boulay, Program Officer for Veterans Program, Kisco Foundation
Randy Boyd, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
J. Noah Brown, President & CEO, Association of Community College Trustees
Walter G. Bumphus, President & CEO, American Association of Community Colleges
Christopher Cabaldon, Mayor, West Sacramento
Phil Clegg, Executive Director, American Student Association of Community Colleges
Alexandra Flores-Quilty, President, United States Student Association
Brian A. Gallagher, President & CEO, United Way Worldwide
Lily Eskelsen García, President, National Education Association
Richard D. George, President & CEO, Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
Mark Haas, Oregon State Senator, District 14
Anne Johnson, Executive Director, Generation Progress
Martha Kanter, College Promise Campaign
Chauncy Lennon, Managing Director of Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase
Harold O. Levy, Executive Director, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Stanley S. Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs and President, IBM Foundation
Andrew N. Liveris, CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
Joe May, Chancellor, Dallas County Community College District
Gail O. Mellow, President, LaGuardia Community College
Jen Mishory, Executive Director, Young Invincibles
William F. L. Moses, Managing Director of Education, Kresge Foundation
Eduardo J. Padron, President, Miami Dade Community College
Wade Randlett, CEO, Transportation Fuels Division of General Biofuels
Lauren A. Segal, President & CEO, Scholarship America
Randy Smith, President, Rural Community College Alliance
Thomas J. Snyder, President, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
LaVerne Evans Srinivasan, Vice President, Education Programs, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Karen A. Stout, President & CEO, Achieving the Dream
Scott J. Svonkin, President of the Board of Trustees, Los Angeles Community College District
William H. Swanson, Chairman & CEO (retired), Raytheon Company
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers