Barbara R Snyder

Barbara R Snyder opens in new tab/window is President of the Association of American Universities. Prior to that, from 2007 to 2020, she served as President of Case Western Reserve University, where she encouraged interdisciplinary excellence, catalyzed institutional collaboration, and reinvigorated alumni engagement and fundraising.

Snyder began her academic career as an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve’s School of Law, then joined the faculty of Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University. After serving in several leadership positions at Moritz and within the central university, Snyder became OSU’s Interim Executive Vice President and Provost in 2003 before securing the permanent position the following year. She graduated from the University of Chicago School of Law, where she served as executive editor of its law review and earned her bachelor’s degree from Ohio State.

Snyder is a director of KeyCorp and Progressive Corporation. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute. Before coming to AAU, Snyder served as past chair of the board of directors of the American Council on Education, past chair of the board of directors at the Business-Higher Education Forum, past vice chair of the board of trustees of Internet2, past director of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, past director of Jobs Ohio, past trustee of University Circle, Inc, and past member of the Ohio Business Roundtable.