Beth Snyder
Chair
Biography
Beth Snyder serves as the executive director of The Meijer Foundation. She also leads The inVocation Project, a five-year, $1.5 million Lilly Endowment grant awarded to Hope College in 2018. The purpose of this grant is to work with Christian congregations on programs related to calling. In 2022, the inVocation Fellows Program was launched to specifically support the faith formation and vocational needs of recent college graduates in West Michigan. Prior to Snyder’s move to Hope College, she resided in Dallas, Texas, and worked with the ExxonMobil Foundation handling the foundation’s philanthropic investments in health, environment, and women’s economic development and education. Beth lives in Holland, MI and serves on several boards including Western Theological Seminary, Holland Bureau of Public Works, Upward Bound, Evergreen Commons, Max De Pree Center for Leadership, and Camp Geneva.