Jill Snyder founded Snyder Consultancy in 2021 after having held museum leadership positions for over 25 years with a record of leading innovation, growth, and change. Snyder has advised museums, artist foundations, and architecture studios and convened thought leaders in dialogue on cultural leadership and museum design. 

 

As executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (1997-2020), Snyder leveraged moCa’s beginnings as a small but influential arts center to become a vital civic hub.  She led the team to build an internationally recognized, iconic building which became an emblem for Cleveland’s cultural renaissance.  Snyder served as Director of the Aldrich Museum (1995-1997); Freedman Gallery at Albright College (1993-1995); Senior Lecturer, Museum of Modern Art, NY (1989-1993); Executive Associate, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum (1983-1988).  

 

Snyder draws upon her practical studies in executive leadership through National Arts Strategies, the Getty Leadership Program, and Stanford Business School.  She currently studies human-centered design through ANFA and Moving Boundaries conferences. Snyder co-founded the Contemporary Art Museum Directors group, an association of small to midsize national organizations.  She has received numerous awards, including the State of Ohio Governor’s Award and the Cleveland Arts Prize (2012), is a published author, and a former member of the American Association of Museum Directors. She received her B.A. in Dance from Wesleyan University and conducted graduate studies in art history at the Institute of Fine Art, New York University.  

 

Selected Clients include: Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Sarasota Museum of Art, The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, EXPO Chicago, Perkins&Will, Farshid Moussavi Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, Private Artist Foundations

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