David Snider was first elected to the Pinal County Board of Supervisors in November 2004 and re-elected in 2008. The Highland Park, Michigan native moved to Arizona in 1973 to take a job with the Mesa Public Library.
Mr. Snider accepted the Library Director position with the City of Casa Grande in July of 1977. In addition to his Library Director position with Casa Grande, Mr. Snider also served as Interim and Acting City Manager on occasion. He retired from the city in September 2003.
Since arriving in Casa Grande, he has been an active member of the community serving on numerous committees and boards in the Casa Grande and Pinal County area. He is currently serving as the Vice Chair of the Groundwater Users Advisory Council and he is a member of (and has been an officer in) the Pinal County Governmental Alliance, Inc. since its inception in 1987. Mr. Snider is currently serving as Chair for the Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority. He is also active in the Arizona Town Hall as a member of the Board of Directors as well as sitting on their Research Committee, and he is the Secretary of the Board for Against Abuse, Inc. In January, 2010 Governor Jan Brewer appointed Mr. Snider to her Blue Ribbon Panel on Water Sustainability – he also serves as Chair of the Panel’s Economic Funding Work Group.
Other organizations to which he belongs are: Arizona Library Association, Friends of the Casa Grande Library, the Casa Grande Valley Historical Society, the Greater Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce, Maricopa Chamber of Commerce, and the La Familia Initiative.
Mr. Snider received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon) and he earned his Master of Science in Library Science degree from Wayne State University.