Beth Snyder Email & Phone Number

Holland, MI, US

Holland, Michigan, United States

• Designed and implemented a $1.5M grant-making program to empower congregations to engage their members on calling and vocation. Responsible for all aspects of grant management, including church recruitment, proposal.
• Successfully recruited fourteen congregations to participate and have invested nearly $150,000 in cohort one.
• Build relationships across a broad spectrum of partners to bring together an ecumenical and diverse representation of churches in West Michigan.
• Attend Lilly Endowment gatherings and share our learnings, best practices, and early findings.

Holland, Michigan, United States

Provided strategic consulting to well-established and start-up organizations in the areas of philanthropy, non-profit board governance, organizational development, public and private partnerships, and fundraising. Clients have included: Ready For School, Herman Miller Foundation, Talent 2025, Model Communities, and Renew.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Recruited to develop a strategic growth plan, energize fundraising, and oversee executive talent recruitment. Directly supervised an eight-member management team consisting of VP of Growth, VP of Government Relations.
• Led team that raised $25M in public and private philanthropy.
• Successfully secured a $20M Department of Education i3 scale-up grant.
• Leveraged relationships with existing donors to secure funding in key geographies.
• Honed fundraising strategies to optimize targeted expansion grow multi-year grant commitments

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Administered an annual $40M grant portfolio promoting STEM education, with funding focused on improving student outcomes, reaching underserved populations, and developing qualified teachers in math and science..
• Aligned grant funding with corporate STEM investments and established consistent criteria for evaluating grant proposals and reporting results.
• Secured $60M, multi-year grant for an existing grantee to expand college readiness program to three new geographies, positively impacting thousands of students.
• Effectively leveraged ExxonMobil’s commitment to workforce development and reputation as an “employer of choice” to advocate for high state educational standards, including Common Core.
• Supported professional development of 500+ teachers through the implementation of a classroom application and online learning center to promote sharing of best practices.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Administered an annual $10M international grant portfolio focusing on improving women’s economic stability in developing countries, including Egypt, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Tanzania, Indonesia, and parts of the Middle.
• Collaborated with Clinton Global Initiative’s Women and Girls program to identify best practices, share research findings, and highlight results of programs bolstering women’s education, health, and financial stability.
• Partnered with U.S. Ambassador-at-large for Global Women’s Issues to support African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program to increase participation of African businesswomen in the global economy.
• Funded research project with Cherie Blair Foundation on mobile phones' impact on African women’s business growth and development.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Collaborated with Safety, Health, and Environment leadership to develop and administer an annual $7M grant portfolio. Managed relationships with grantees that included National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Land Trust.
• Developed an exit strategy to sunset ExxonMobil’s +15 year partnership with Save the Tiger, which included plans to help grantee diversify funding and secure new anchor funder.
• Executed overall diversification and streamlining of multimillion-dollar grant funding programs, effectively aligning investments with business objectives and specific geographic locations

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

• Served as communications lead for the fuels division supporting 800+ company-owned stores and thousands of distributor and franchise operations. Oversaw all aspects of public affairs and governmental relations; crafted.
• Spearheaded communication planning in 12 markets to support the organization’s conversion from company-operated retail fuel stations to distributor-operated.
• Successfully administered an annual $2M grant program (Educational Alliance Program), partnering 4,000 retail stations with local schools.
• Provided ongoing community relations leadership in neighborhoods undergoing environmental remediation: represented company at community gatherings and coordinated timely community project updates, including key.

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

• Recruited to support various business lines on change management, recruiting, leadership development, compensation and incentive planning, employee relations, and staffing and development. Partnered with five VPs to.
• Assessed leadership development needs for the top 20% of the organization, planning and executing training and experience needed to support career advancement.
• Initiated comprehensive cross-training assignments across the organization to build new competencies and broaden experience base.
• Championed diversity and inclusion work to expand beyond HR and recruiting efforts to include mentorship opportunities, global learning, and development opportunities, and support the launch of affinity groups to apply.