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Gary R. Snyder
Email gary.r.snyder@gmail.com
6584 Pleasant Lake Court
West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322
248/324-3700
website: www.garyrsnyder.com
Gary Snyder focuses on all
aspects of the nonprofit organization.
An accomplished board member, speaker, and gifted consultant he brings
in-depth experiences to bear on a wide variety of charity-related issues. With
his thorough knowledge of the nonprofit sector, he has shared his wealth of
experience in his latest publication: Nonprofits: On the Brink. In the book he brings his unique perspective in a
systematic approach in meeting the challenges of today’s nonprofit climate. He
also publishes a twice monthly newsletter: Nonprofit Imperative.
Mr. Snyder’s experiences have
included:
Ø NONPROFIT IMPERATIVE LLC/Nonprofit Management Group
Managing Director, 2002- Present
Ø F-O-R-T-U-N-E PERSONNEL CONSULTANTS OF NOVI
President,
1988-2002
Ø WARREN HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Chief Executive
Officer, 1985-1988, Vice President, 1983-1985
Ø COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
Director of
Planning, 1974-1976, 1978-1983
Ø CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Member,
1976-1978
Ø U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Consultant,
1976-1978
Ø NEW DETROIT, INC.
Director of
Health, 1972-1974
Books, Articles, Publications and Reference:
Ø Theft in the Nonprofit World, Asian American Giving
ØCompensation On The Rise At Nonprofits (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Ø
Food Stamp Bill Raises
Questions (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Ø
Be more of a business
and less like a family….” (Crain’s Detroit)
Ø
Charity begins at home (Worchester
(MA) Telegram)
Ø
Insider theft a big
problem for small charities (msnbc.com)
Ø
ACORN: A Lesson For All
To Learn (ncrp.org)
Ø
Making Tough Decisions
Defines Leaders (ncrp.org)
Ø
A Large Uptick in Fraud
Met By A Yawn (Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner)
Ø
Just Thinking …(about
philanthropy) (ncrp.org)
Ø
Form vs. Substance (ncrp.org)
Ø
A Not So Silent Watchdog
(ncrp.org)
Ø
PhilanTopic,
Regulation/Oversight
Ø
Just Thinking…(ncrp.org)
Ø
Rating Agencies Need A
Fresh Look (ncrp.org)
Ø
Let the Crisis in
Nonprofits Drive Change (ncrp.org)
Ø
Are Charities Ignoring a
Spike in Nonprofit Fraud? (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Ø
A Large Uptick In
Charitable Fraud Is Met With A Yawn (ncrp.org)
Ø
Funding Incompetence (ncrp.org)
Ø
An Assault on Charities
(ncrp.org)
Ø
Nonprofit Hospitals
Chase Debt (The Sun News)
Ø
Is CEO Pay at Angel Food
Ministries Excessive (Atlantic Journal Constitution)
Ø Where’s the Ire? (ncrp.org)
Ø Five Rivers leaders guilty on six counts (The Sun News)
Ø
The Best Charitable
Watchdog Going Kaput (ncrp.org)
Ø
Our Students Deserve
Better (ncrp.org)
Ø
National Religious
Broadcasters March 7, 2009
Ø
Siphoning Off Sacred
Funds (ncrp.org)
Ø
The Accountants and
Regulators Role in the Current Collapse (ncrp.org)
Ø
Veterans Whine as
Executives Dine (ncrp.org)
Ø
Government agency
Monitoring: Indifference and Hush (ncrp.org)
Ø
Veterans Whine as
Executives Dine (Ethics World)
Ø
The Suffering Nonprofit
Sector (ncrp.org)
Ø
Has all that money lead
to decay of the nonprofit sector? (ncrp.org)
Ø
Nonprofit Crisis—A
Terrible Thing to Waste (ncrp.org)
Ø
Nonprofit Board Crisis,
October 20,2008
Ø
Growing Nonprofits
Consider Increased Government Involvement,
Current
Affairs (September 10,2008)
Ø
Leadership, Directors
and a Troubled United Way (ncrp.org)
Ø
Bad Charity Choice (nonprofit
amiss)
Ø
What Congressionally
Chartered Organizations Have in Common: Trouble (ncrp.org)
Ø
Nonprofit Law Blog
Ø
Assoc. of Certified
Fraud Examiners-SEM
Ø
How to Check Out a Job
Candidate's Background (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Ø
Right Man for Job Gets
Top Pay (Atlantic Journal Constitution)
Ø
Salary for Leader of
Police Charity Causes Uproar (The
Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Ø
Charity Fraud Twice as
Bad as Other Sectors (ncrp.org)
Ø
Son is hired despite
arrests (St. Petersburg Times)
Ø
Surrendering the
Charitable Sector (nonprofit amiss)
Ø
Reference Checking is a
Must (ncrp.org)
Ø
Is Leadership Denial Feeding
the Charitable Sector Crisis? (Responsive Philanthropy)
Ø
Finally, Some Leadership
(ncrp.org)
Ø
Is the Close
Relationship Between the Charitable Sector and the Government Healthy? (ncrp.org)
Ø
Giving Fundraising (and
charities) a Bad Name (ncrp.org)
Ø
Can Accountability
Strengthen the Nonprofit Sector-Donor Relationship? (MI. Nonprofit
SuperConference 2008)
Ø
You Asked for It (ncrp.org)
Ø
A Compromised Charitable
Sector (ncrp.org)
Ø
Report sketches crime
costing billion: theft from charities (New York Times)
Ø
Need for Religious
Conversion (ncrp.org)
Ø
Charity and Politics Are
Not A Good Mix (ncrp.org)
Ø
Watching the Watch Dogs,
(ncrp.org)
Ø
Does Charity Give Back? (Portfolio Magazine)
Ø
Reviving Charities Will
Take Some Change (nonprofit amiss), December,
2007
Ø
Principles May Have a
Dangerous Journey (ncrp.org),
December, 2007
Ø
Yes, Another Red Cross
Disaster (nonprofits amiss), December,
2007
Ø
Red Cross Disaster (nonprofits
amiss), November, 2007
Ø
Softening
Charity Misdeeds Sentencing (ncrp.org), November, 2007
Ø
Unbelievable: Another
Red Cross Debacle (ncrp.org), November,
2007
Ø “Lack of Clarity Ends Up in Poor Leadership” (ncrp.org),
September
21, 2007
Ø “A Climate
Ripe for the Picking”, Nonprofits Amiss, August 31, 2007
Ø
Testimony to the U.S. House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee
Ø “The Nonprofit
Sector Crossroads”, National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy,
ncrp.org, August 17, 2007
Ø “Red Cross
Insiders Just Don’t Get It”, National Committee for Responsible
Philanthropy, ncrp.org. July, 2007
Ø “Watchdog keeps tabs on Nonprofit Abuses and Scams”,
Nonprofit News, Hano-Hawaii.org, June
1, 2007
Ø “Can Bigger Misdeeds Lead to Smaller Sentences?”, Nonprofits
Amiss, March
19, 2007
Ø “Does the Penalty Meet
the Deceit?” ncrp.org blog, March 16, 2007
Ø “Nonprofit Roles and Responsibilities of the United
States based on a comparative analysis of perspective” – (NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW)
Ø “Watchdog keeps tabs on nonprofit abuses and scams”,
HANO, February, 2007
Ø “Philanthropy at the Crossroads”, ncrp.org, February 5, 2007
Ø “Tough Call” Trent Stamp’s Take, February 1, 2007 (reference)
Ø “2006: A Memorable Year”, ncrp.org, January 3, 2007
Ø “Board quit,
but trouble persists”, The Sun News, December 31, 2006
Ø “Five Rivers Paid for Controversial King Visit”, The
Sun News, December 17, 2006
Ø “Corruption Thrives as Nonprofit Boards Forfeit
Oversight Role”, Palm Beach Post, December
18, 2006
Ø “Board Not Consulted on Wages, The Sun News, December 10, 2006
Ø Contributor, Responsive Philanthropy, quarterly publication of the National Committee for
Responsible Philanthropy
Ø “Reviving Charities Will Take Some Trust”, Oakland
Press, November 29, 2006
Ø “Stories of Livin’ Large in South Carolina: Five
Rivers Community Development Corp and the Price All Nonprofits are Likely to
Pay”, The Charity Governance Blog,
November 9, 2006 (reference)
Ø “Local Authors…Nonprofit Consultant to Appear”, Detroit
Free Press, November 5, 2006
Ø “N.Y. Program Denies Giving Funds Reported on Tax
Return”, The Sun News, October 8,
2006
Ø “Conflicts of Interest at Five Points”, The Sun
News, September 30, 2006
Ø “Nonprofit Pay Rises Under Little Oversight” The
Sun News, August 20, 2006
Ø “Self-Regulation Needed by Charities”, The
Chronicle of Philanthropy, August 17,
2006 (Letter to editor)
Ø “June’s Straight To Hell Winner”, Trent Stamp’s
Take, June 13, 2006 (a reference)
Ø “Watchdogs? What Watchdogs?”, Nonprofit World, March/April, 2006
Ø “Socially Responsible Business Isn’t Just for
Business”, Socially Responsible Business Forum, March 24, 2006 (reference)
Ø “Boards
Must Change the Way they Do Business’” Americans for the Arts, The National
Arts Policy Database, May 8, 2006
Ø “Hear No Malfeasance, See No Lapses, Speak of No
Misconduct”, Nonprofit World, January/February
2006
Ø Nonprofits: On the Brink, iUniverse, February 2006
Ø “Deceit and Managing the Broken Nonprofit Sector”, PNNOnline, October 12, 2005
Ø “Our Children Are Being Shortchanged…big–time”, Ohio
Nonprofit Resources.net, October,
2005
Ø “Nonprofit Boards can learn from Travails of Corporate
Counterparts”, Ohio Nonprofit Resources.net, October, 2005
Ø Have a Strong Nominating Committee, Nonprofit Good
Practice Guide, August 15, 2005
Ø
“How Disappointing!
Nonprofit Problems Get Bigger and Bigger”, TBD
Ø
“Who’s Minding the
Store”, Nonprofit World,
July-August, 2005
Ø Job
Responsibilities, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for
Philanthropy and Nonprofit
Leadership, Grand Valley State University, March 30,
2005, pp.22
Ø “Turnaround Needed”, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, February 4, 2005 (reprint)
Ø “Governance Practices and Pitfalls”, Nonprofit Good
Practice Guide, February 4,
2005
Ø “Boards Must
Change the Ways They Do Business”, Nonprofit Good Practice Guide,
February 4, 2005
Ø
“Turnaround Needed! How
to Get Started” Nonprofit World,
Volume 22, No. 6,
November/December 2004
Ø “What’s
all the Buzz About? Nonprofit World,
Volume 22, No. 2 March/April
2004
Ø
“How to Safeguard Your
Nonprofit Organization”, National Coalition of Homeless Newsletter, November-December, 2003
Ø
Governance Chapter, The
Michigan Nonprofit Management Manual, fourth edition, 2003
Ø
“Initiating a New Board
Member”, MichiganNonprofit.com,
November 17, 2003
Ø “Boards Must Change the Way They Do Business”, Nonprofit World, July/August 2003
Ø “Crisis in the Boardroom-Can We Avoid Catastrophe?” Nonprofit World, 2003
Ø
“Did Anyone Do Anything
Right”, CORP! Magazine, May,
2002
Ø
“Nonprofit
Boards Can Learn from the Travails of Corporate Counterparts”, Crain’s
Michigan
Nonprofit, March 27, 2002
Ø
“Agreeing To Serve”, CORP!,
Magazine, August, 2001
Ø
“Keeping Campus Hillels
Relevant”, Jewish News,
March 3, 2000
Ø
“Say What?” The
Integrity Quotient,” Inside NAPS,
March, 1998
Ø
“Image Building Through
Certification,” Inside NAPS, April
1997
Ø
Editor, Certification
Close Up, Michigan Association of Personnel Services,
January 1996 to 2000
Ø
Editor, Law Review, Michigan Association of Personnel Services, January
1996 to 2000
Ø
Editor, MI Assoc of
Personnel Services Newsletter, 1997
to 2000
Featured
in print, broadcast, and online media outlets, including: The Sun News, Atlanta
Journal Constitution, Wall Street Journal (Profile, News and Photos), FOX2, ABC
Spotlight on the News, WWJ Radio, Ethics World, Aspen Philanthropy Newsletter,
Harvard Business Review, Current Affairs, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, St.
Petersburg Times, Board Room Insider, USA Today Topics, Accountants News,
Newsweek.com, Responsive Philanthropy Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio
Magazine, The Virgin Islands Daily News, NANKAI (China) BUSINESS REVIEW,
National Religious Broadcasters newsletter, The
Charity Governance Blog, Palm
Beach Post, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, Nonprofit World, Socially
Responsible Business Forum, PNNOnline, Ohio Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Good
Practice Guide, Nonprofit Startup Guide, Nonprofit Blog, National Coalition of Homeless
Newsletter, The Michigan Nonprofit Management Manual, MichiganNonprofit.com,
CORP! Magazine, Crain’s Michigan Nonprofit, ncrp.org, PhilanTopic, Nashville
Free Press, Nonprofit Law Blog, Seniors World Chronicle, Carnegie Reporter, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners Examiner,
msnbc.com, Worchester (MA) Telegram, Carnegie
Corporation of America, EO Tax Journal, Wikipedia: Non-profit Organizations;
Parent: Wise Austin,
q
Nonprofits:
On the Brink
(iUniverse, 2006)
q Silence: The Impending Threat to the Charitable Sector (in 2011)
Ø
TBD, Grand Valley State University
May, 2011
Ø
“Nonprofit Fraud: If You
Deny, You Condon!” Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, September, 2008
Ø
Can Accountability
Strengthen the Nonprofit Sector-Donor Relationship? (MI. Nonprofit
SuperConference 2008)
Ø U.S. Chess Federation, February 26, 2007
Ø Response to Grant Thornton Study, WWJ Radio, February
5, 2007
Ø Adult Well-Being Services, Detroit, MI, December 21, 2006
Ø “Toughening Up the Board”, Eastern Michigan University
Hillel, December 7, 2006
Ø “The
Leader for the New Era Nonprofit”, Supporting Families with Infants, Toddlers
and Young Children Conference, November 14, 2006, Grand Rapids, MI
Ø JCC Book Fair, Jewish Center of Metropolitan Detroit,
November 5, 2006
Ø Work Group for Merger of NCNA/SNPO, 2006-2007
Ø “Nonprofits: Challenges and Solutions”, Messiah
Housing Corporation, Detroit, MI, June 8, 2006
Ø “Nonprofits: On the Brink”, Michigan Nonprofit
SuperConference 2006, Novi, MI, May 2-3, 2006
Ø “Nonprofits: On the Brink”, Spotlight on the News,
ABC, April 8, 2006
Ø “Nonprofits Nearing the Brink”, Lake Erie Social
Enterprise Alliance, Erie, PA, March, 2006
Ø A Board
in Legal Trouble, American Tarantula Association, New Mexico, March, 2006
Ø “The AIDS/HIV Quandary: A Challenge to the Nonprofit
World”, Oakland University, October 10, 2005
Ø Board Orientation, B’nai Brith Organization, September
12, 2005
Ø “What is New in the Sector?” Macedonia Delegation to
the United States,
International Visitors Council
of Metropolitan Detroit, August 22, 2005
Ø “Are Nonprofits Asleep at the Precipice?” Michigan Nonprofit
SuperConference-
2005,
Dearborn, MI., June 14, 2005
Ø Statement on the Status of the Nonprofit Sector, Michigan Nonprofit Sector Town
Hall Meeting, Southfield, MI., April 27, 2005
Ø
“The New Board Rules—Use
Them or Parish”, Leadership Seminar, University of
Michigan School of Social Work, Drachler Program, April 12, 2005.
Ø “ Keeping
Up With Sarbanes-Oxley in the Nonprofit Environment”, Pontiac Alumni
Foundation,
Pontiac, Michigan, April 8, 2005.
Ø
“It’s a New
Ballgame-We’re on the Same Team”, Michigan Primary Care
Association,
Traverse City, MI, August 24, 2004
Ø
“The Board/ CEO Bond-The
Most Powerful Couple in the Nonprofit World”,
Michigan
Primary Care Association, Traverse City, MI, August 24, 2004
Ø “Nonprofits: How to
Achieve Success” Comerica Bank Seminar Series, Southfield,
MI, June 20,
2004
Ø
“Who’s Minding the
Store? Sharing Responsibility for Nonprofit Leadership”,
Volunteerism SuperConference 2004, Michigan Nonprofit
Association, May 24,
2004
Ø
“What’s Happening Inside
to Make the Outside Current”, Children’s Leukemia
Foundation of Michigan
Leadership Forum, Southfield, MI, May 15, 2004
Ø
“ Initiating a Board”, Volunteer
Accounting Service Team, February 19, 2004
Ø “A Look @ Nonprofit
Mergers and Acquisitions” United Way-Alliance of
Community Service
Agencies, Port Huron (MI), October 10, 2003
Ø “Board Basics”,
BBYO, Inc. Lay Leadership Conference, Philadelphia, PA,
September 21, 2003
Ø “Selected Best Practices for Executive Directors and Boards of
Nonprofit
Organizations”, Business
Practices Committee, Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit,
September, 18, 2003
Ø “The Role of Governance”,
Business Practices Committee, Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit,
September, 8, 2003
Ø “Accountability of the Board and Where Is It Going”,
United Way of
Oakland County
(MI), Pontiac, MI., July 17, 2003
Ø “Continuously Surmounting
Hurdles”, VAST- MI, Inc, Detroit, April 23, 2003
Ø
“Who’s In Charge Here?”
VAST, Michigan State University Executive Center, Troy,
MI, February 27, 2003
Ø
“Can the CEO/Board
Maintain a Harmonious Relationship?”, Hillel of Metro Detroit,
Detroit, December 10,
2002
Ø
“Understanding the Boards Role”, Sol Drachler
Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 1, 2002
Ø
“A Way to Move From
Here” , Autism Society Of
America-Oakland County
Chapter,
August 28, 2002
Ø
“Moving Forward”,
Kadima, Southfield, MI, March, 2002
Ø
“A Partnership Built on
Renaissance in Challenging Times”,
Lay
Leadership
Conference, Houston, Texas, March 19, 2002
Ø
“Roles and
Responsibilities of a Nonprofit Board”
SUNY-Buffalo
Hillel,
Buffalo, NY, February 7, 2002
Ø
“A look at the Way Your
Board Should Work” Ohio University Hillel,
Athens,
Ohio, January 28, 2002
Ø
“On The Horizon, Strategic Grants System”, Lay
Leadership Conference,
Washington,
DC, March 12, 2001
Ø
“A Board Member’s
Perspective”, Project Star, School of Social Work, University of Michigan,
October 3, 2000.
Ø "Setting the Curve: the Role of Michigan's Hillels”, Michigan Student Hillel Consortium Conference, Detroit, March 19, 2000
Mr. Snyder received a
Bachelor’s degree from California State University in Northridge and a Master’s
degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan. He is the first
Validated Instructor in Michigan certified for the National Association of
Personnel Services.
Awards and Citations:
Ø Certified Personnel Consultant of the Year, Michigan Association of Personnel Services
Ø Past President’s Award, Michigan Association of Personnel Services
Ø
Unsung Hero/ Mitzvah
Hero, Shalom Street, Detroit
Ø
Exemplar of Excellence,
Hillel International, Washington, D C
Ø
Certification Program of
the Year, Nat’l. Association of Personnel
Services
Ø
Certified Personnel
Consultant of the Year, Nat’l. Association of
Personnel Services
Ø
Blue Key National
Honorary
Ø
California State College
Special Citation for Exceptional Services
Ø
Who’s Who in Finance and
Industry
Ø
Citation for Meritorious
Service, City of Highland Park, Michigan
Ø
Board Member of Year,
American Cancer Society SEM
Ø
Staff Award,
Comprehensive Health Planning Council and New Detroit, Inc
Ø U.S. Public Health Scholarship, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
Board experience:
Ø
2006-present-Treasurer,
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Washington, DC
Ø
2001-present- President,
Member, Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit
Ø
2003-2009-Member,
Visiting Nurse Association, Inc, Oak Park, MI
Ø
2006-2009-
Treasurer-Visiting Nurse Home Support Services, Oak Park, MI
Ø 2003-2008-Secretary/Member, Society for Nonprofit Organizations, Canton, MI
Ø 2005-2007 Oakland University School of Nursing Board of Visitors, Rochester, MI
Ø
2004-2006- Eastern Michigan University Hillel, Ypsilanti, MI
Ø 2002- 2006 –Member, B’nai Brith Youth Organization International, Washington, DC
Ø 2002- 2006- Member, B’nai Brith Youth Organization of MI, West Bloomfield, mi
Ø
1996-2005 Chair/Member, Michigan Hillel Consortium, Detroit
Ø 2001- 2004- Chair, Federation Relations Council, Hillel International, Washington, DC
Ø 2001-2005--Chair, National Agencies Council, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Ø
1996 to 2004--Member,
Board of Directors, Executive Committee Hillel International, D.C.
Ø2000 to
2002--Co-Chairman, Campus Strategic Services Committee, Hillel International,
Washington, DC
Ø 2000- 2005- Delegate, United Jewish Communities, National Funding Council, New York, NY
Ø
1998 to 2005--Member,
Executive Committee, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Ø
1998 to 2009--Member,
Board of Governors, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Ø
1998 to 2005-Member,
Executive Committee, United Jewish Foundation
Ø 2002- 2004- Member, Advisory Board, Florence Melton Adult Mini-School, Detroit
Ø
2002-2004- Member,
Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit
Ø
1996 –
1999-President/Secretary, Michigan Association of Personnel Services
Ø
1998-2001--Chairperson,
Allocations Committee Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Ø
1996,1997,1999—Chairman/Member,
Arbitration Panel, Michigan Association of Personnel Services
Ø 1995-1998--Chairperson, Certification Committee, Michigan Association of Personnel Services
Ø 1997 to 2001--Member, National Certification Committee, National Association of Personnel Services, New York, NY
Ø
2001- 2002- Member,
Michigan Jewish Conference, Lansing, MI
Ø 1998 to 2001--Member, Board of Directors, Max M. Fisher Foundation, Detroit, MI
Ø
1996-1999- Chair, Great
Lakes Consortium, Council of Jewish Federations, New York, NY
Ø
1988-89 Member, Michigan
State University Hillel, East Lansing, MI
Ø
1982-1988-Officer/Member,
Neighborhood Services Organization,
Detroit
Ø
1978 to 1982—Vice
Chairman, American Cancer Society, Detroit
