Bob Sch
neider
Executive Director
New York State School Boards Association
Robert S. Schneider has served as the New York State School Boards Association’s Executive Director since January 1, 2020. Prior to being appointed to the Executive Director position, Bob was the Associate Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer since August 2014. Prior to this position, he was Director of Finance for 15 years. Before joining the Association, he was Vice President of Administration and Finance for the New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association. He is a Certified Public Account (CPA), a Certified Association Executive (CAE), and a New York State licensed insurance broker. He is a graduate of Siena College.
Bob is a member of the National School Boards Association’s Finance Committee and the Organization of State Association Executive Directors (OSAED). He is also a member of the NYS Education Department’s School Safety Task Force.
Bob is the former Treasurer of Junior Achievement of NENY and served on their Executive Committee.
He has volunteered in the classroom many times as a Junior Achievement instructor. Bob was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Public Employer Risk Management Association in December 2019. From August 2015 through June 2018 he served on the Board of Directors of the New York State Association of Women in Administration. In 2012, Bob served as Board Chair for the Empire State Society of Association Executives (“ESSAE”) and was a member of their Finance Committee. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Chapter of the NYS Society of CPAs representing the Not-For-Profit industry. Bob is a member of the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants; the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts; American Society of Association Executives; and the Empire State Society of Association Executives. He was a committee member of the New York State Comptroller’s School District Financial Oversight Task Force in 2005.
He has made presentations for the NYS Society of CPAs, the American Society of Association Executives, the Empire State Society of Association Executives and the Stakeholders on due diligence, not-for-profit financial accountability and non-dues revenue development.
Bob has been awarded the Distinguished Member of the Year by the Empire State Society of Association Executives (ESSAE) and has been named a Top 100 Education Power Player in 2020 and 2021, a Power Player in Education in 2022 by AM Metro New York/PoliticsNY, and an Upstate Power 100 by City and State New York in 2023.