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Tussy Shnider, B.S. in Ed., M.A., M.S.W., Ph.D

Tussy Shnider, B.S. in Ed., M.A., M.S.W., Ph.D. (The Ohio State University), began her interest in not-for-profit organizations in local community and synagogue volunteer work. She held leadership positions in many local, regional, and two international organizations. Expanding on that interest, Tussy returned to graduate school to enhance her understanding of not-for-profit organization management and Jewish studies. As part of her doctoral studies in the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University, her research included such areas as motivation of volunteers, women in leadership, and anti-Semitism in Poland. Her doctoral dissertation, a blending of her volunteer and academic interests, is entitled Management Factors Associated with Perceived Effectiveness in Reform Jewish Congregations: Questionnaires Eliciting Leader and Member Perspectives.

Tussy is a member of the international Board of Trustees of Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the international Board of Directors of Women of Reform Judaism. She is a member of the CCAR-UAHC Joint Commission on Synagogue Management. She also serves on the UAHC Communications Committee, as a member of the UAHC Jewish Family Concerns Committee. She served as President of Women of Reform Judaism District 10 and is currently First Vice President of Northeast Lakes Council/ UAHC. At Temple Israel in Columbus, Ohio, Tussy served on the Temple Board of Trustees for 16 years chairing the Religious School Committee, the Hebrew Education Committee, and a committee designed to restructure the congregation. She was President of Temple Israel Sisterhood and now serves as their parliamentarian.

Tussy has also held leadership positions in the Ohio Speech and Hearing Association, the Central Ohio Speech and Hearing Association, The Wexner Heritage House Auxiliary, the Joseph Schoenthal Cancer Ray, and the Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Tussy has worked professionally as a Teacher of the Deaf for Columbus Public Schools and as Audiologist for the Ohio School for the Deaf.