Jen Schneider

Dr. Schneider is in her first term after being elected to the Board in the 2017 election. She is a professor and FRAM chair at RIT, and leads a university-wide student-focused initiative in Applied Critical Thinking. She holds a Doctorate from UMASS Lowell College of Engineering and a Masters from University of Rochester. Dr. Schneider began her career as an engineer in local industry before transitioning twenty years ago to RIT, where her students have a 97% immediate career placement rate and she volunteers to mentor students in academic distress. She was an appointee to the NYS Respond Commission in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. As a Canandaigua PTSA parent representative, she served on the District’s Plan for Excellence development committee. Currently, she is on the District Technology committee, and Council for Instructional Excellence. Dr. Schneider and her husband, Tim, have two daughters who attend Canandaigua schools.