Shelby Schneider is the deputy director of the New York State Economic Development Council. Schneider has over 20 years of experience working in economic development in Saratoga County. In her most recent role, she served as the president and CEO of the Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership, leading critical economic and workforce development initiatives across public and private sectors and driving economic success for residents, businesses, and government in Saratoga County, New York.

She worked extensively with Saratoga County employers and start-ups to assist with business expansion strategies. She spent over two and a half years managing national marketing for a craft brewery. Schneider worked with the New York State Brewers Association and National Brewers Association, where she advocated for the industry in Washington and Albany. During that time, she led the creation of a Brewers Training Certificate Program in collaboration with regional breweries, regional workforce investment boards, and Schenectady County Community College to meet the growing need for a trained workforce in the craft beverage industry.

Schneider has extensive experience promoting Saratoga County and business assets to the global semiconductor and clean-tech industries. She spearheaded public relations campaigns, which helped garner international and national media exposure for Saratoga County from The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, the Huffington Post, and others. Schneider was recognized as one of Saratoga Today’s 2020 Women of Influence, the Capital Region Business Review’s 40 under Forty, and 40 under 40 Rising Stars in Economic Development by Development Counsellors International in 2013.

She earned her BS in management and business administration from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and is a Leadership Saratoga Alumni.