PERSON: Tom Snyder

Ivy Tech Community College

President

Thomas J. Snyder serves as president of Ivy Tech Community College, the largest institution of higher education in Indiana and the nation’s largest singly-accredited statewide community college system.Appointed in 2007, President Snyder leads the strategic, academic and operational processes of Indiana’s largest and fastest growing college, serving more than 200,000 students annually at 30 campuses and 100 learning centers that provide a full-spectrum of educational resources, transfer credits, associate degrees, workforce training and professional certification.President Snyder successfully led the college through a 10-year accreditation process. He has been nationally recognized for efforts and achievements, including a feature in The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of seven community college Presidents making a difference and as the 2009 Freedom Award recipient by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Indiana Holiday Commission for providing major, positive, societal influence in the community.Snyder was selected by President Barack Obama to serve on a Roundtable on Affordability and Productivity in Higher Education at the White House in Washington, D.C.

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