Special Assistant to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs
As Special Assistant to Academic Affairs and Global Affairs, Elizabeth Snyder supports the diverse needs of the Senior Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor. Her responsibilities include acting as their first point of contact for the statewide SUNY universities and colleges and coordinating their schedules and travel requirements. In addition to working with the Office of Global Affairs, she collaborates with senior staff from Academic Affairs and the Provost’s Office to assist in their award and recognition projects and educational conferences.
Liz comes to SUNY System after a decade in Human Resources where her primary responsibilities lay in hiring and embedding employees within multiple state governmental agencies. Chief among that staff augmentation experience was working with a team to beta-test and implement the hiring process for the NY State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Contact Tracing initiative. Her primary duties included onboarding new hires, health benefit orientation, facilitating conflict resolution, guidance on the performance evaluation process, and establishing professional training modules for both managers and staff. Prior experience in Higher education includes an extensive career as an Executive Assistant at the University of Arkansas. Elizabeth is a graduate of SUNY Buffalo with a B.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing.
Phone: 518-320-1394
Email: Elizabeth.snyder@suny.edu