Annette E. Snyder
Director, Clinical and Quality Management
410.455.6386asnyder@hilltop.umbc.edu
Annette Snyder is The Hilltop Institute's director of clinical and quality management. In this role, she is responsible for guiding Hilltop's work in the area of health care quality, conducting medical management assessments, and providing an evidence-based clinical perspective to policy formulation and quantitative analyses. Experienced in health care delivery system evaluation, program development, and research methods, Dr. Snyder also directs community health assessments and surveys. She utilizes an inclusive approach that involves engaging professional and community stakeholders in defining issues, gathering information, analyzing data, and formulating recommendations.
A certified nurse practitioner, Dr. Snyder was manager of comprehensive school-based wellness centers at the University of Maryland School of Nursing prior to joining The Hilltop Institute. Before that, she served as a health center manager and director of programs and development at Baltimore Medical System, Inc. At the School of Nursing, Dr. Snyder oversaw the work of nurse practitioner faculty members providing primary care to children in schools in several jurisdictions around the state, including elementary- through high school-aged students. As a health center manager, Dr. Snyder was responsible for the operations of multiple primary care sites including supervision of nursing and support staff, scheduling, and management of all services to patients. As director of development and programs, Dr. Snyder was responsible for grant writing and oversight of ancillary services, including deaf services, social work, school health, and health education.
Dr. Snyder earned her Ph.D. in health policy from UMBC. Her dissertation concerned the identification of factors related to the discharge of non-elderly nursing home residents in Maryland. She received her MSN from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Snyder started her career in nursing after receiving her BSN from the University of Maryland School of Nursing.