TERM:  2016 - 2020

Daniel R. Snyder was elected to city council in 2016.  Raised on a farm near Canton, OH, he moved to Eloy from a suburb of Philadelphia, PA in 2010.  He is a registered Professional Engineer and has his own consulting business in Eloy, Bearings and Lubes Consulting LLC.  

He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (BME) from the Georgia Institute of Technology under the co-op program.  He has also completed courses in accounting and marketing at the University of Akron and business at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.   His career includes over 40 years in the bearing industry having worked for the Timken Company in Canton, OH and SKF USA Inc. in Lansdale, PA from where he retired in 2009 as Director of Engineering.  He has traveled extensively internationally as part of his bearing career.  He now provides bearing training, failure analysis and engineering expertise through his consulting business.

He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, Georgia Tech Alumni Association and the Eloy Chamber of Commerce.  He has and continues to serve on advisory committees for both U.S. and international bearing standards.  He enjoys playing golf and attending baseball games.