The Akron Club had the pleasure of inducting Cynthia Snider on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. She was sponsored by Steve Buie. 
She is well known in the community as a fundraiser, media relations professional, and advocate for the arts — has been the Executive Director of Tuesday Musical Association since March 2020. She served as interim director since September 2019.
Founded in 1887 and now an Akron anchor arts organization, Tuesday Musical presents concerts by internationally acclaimed musicians as well as education and community engagement programs throughout northeast Ohio Snider joined Tuesday Musical in September 2015 when, after 31 years, she retired from The University of Akron (UA) where she directed communications, community engagement, development, special events, and other initiatives for UA’s programs in the visual and performing arts. She also worked closely with UA’s EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall.
Snider began her communications career in 1976 as a reporter and editor for several weekly newspapers in Northeast Ohio, and then joined The University of Akron’s communications department in 1984 as editor of UA’s newsletter for faculty and sta", assistant editor of UA's alumni magazine, and a public relations representative. She became the public relations director for the university in 1986, and served in that role until she joined the UA College of Fine and Applied Arts in 1995.
As an arts advocate and volunteer, Snider was a longtime board member of Neos Dance Theatre and the Autism Society of Greater Akron, as well as a member and vice president for the Akron Area Arts Alliance’s executive board until 2015. She has also served on the board of the Greater Akron Musical Association, Friends of Fashion at Kent State University, the City of Norton Charter Review Commission, Friends of the Norton Library Board, TV 45/49 Production Capacities Action Team, and Imagine Downtown Akron.
Snider holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University and a master's degree in higher education administration from The University of Akron. Her husband is Larry Snider, a distinguished professor of music at The University of Akron, longtime principal percussionist with the Akron Symphony, and founder of UA’s Steel Drum Band.
Photo L-R: President Lynda Farkas, Cynthia Snider, Past President Steve Buie
