Background
Snyder, Karen Lee was born on May 8, 1946 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Daughter of William F. and Leatrice Joyce (Atz) Highbarger.
Snyder, Karen Lee was born on May 8, 1946 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Daughter of William F. and Leatrice Joyce (Atz) Highbarger.
Graduated from the high school, Rockford.
Secretary, Rockford (Illinois) Medical Clinic, 1963-1969; school bus driver, Jelco, Rockford, 1974-1980; office manager, Rockford Access Mobilization Project for Disabled, 1980-1981; advocate, For Disabled Illinois, Rockford, 1980-1982; office manager, Sun Tribune/Rancho News, Lake Elsinore, California, 1984-1987; administrative assistant, Realty World Lake Elsinore Valley, 1987-1988; owner, Just Your Type, Lake Elsinore, since 1988. Public relations director Rockford Deaf Awareness, 1981-1982. Executive director Mount San Jacinto (California) College Foundation, since 1989.
Active Rights for the Handicapped Coalition, Illinois, 1981, Planning Commission for the Developmentally Disabled, Illinois, 1981. Commissioner Riverside County Commission on the Status of Women, Riverside, 1984-1985, various local campaigns. Board directors United Cerebral Palsy Inland Empire.
Married James Lewis Snyder, July 11, 1964. Children: Brent, Shelley.