Dr. Barbara R. Snyder is President of the Association of American Universities. She previously served as President of Case Western Reserve University, where she encouraged interdisciplinary excellence, catalyzed institutional collaboration, and reinvigorated alumni engagement and fundraising. 

Dr. Snyder began her academic career as an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve’s School of Law, then joined the faculty of Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University. After serving in several leadership positions at Moritz and within the central university, Snyder served as OSU’s Executive Vice President and Provost.  

Dr. Snyder is a director of KeyCorp and Progressive Corporation. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute. Before coming to AAU, Dr. Snyder served as chair of the board of directors of the American Council on Education, chair of the board of directors at the Business-Higher Education Forum, vice chair of the board of trustees of Internet2, director of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, director of Jobs Ohio, trustee of University Circle, Inc, and a member of the Ohio Business Roundtable. 

She graduated from the University of Chicago School of Law, where she served as executive editor of its law review and earned her bachelor’s degree from Ohio State.