James F. Schneider
Executive Director
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James Schneider graduated from The Pennsylvania State
University in 1984 with a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical
Engineering. From then until 1997 he worked as a Project
Manager for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission at its
national headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.
At the NRC Mr. Schneider worked with scientists from
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to review designs
for storing spent nuclear fuel which will remain dangerous
for over 500,000 years. His work took him to several
nuclear plants as well as various sites throughout the
country.
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James Schneider
Belarus Embassy
June 30, 2006
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Mr. Schneider believes that it is important
for citizens to be involved in their local political process.
Eternal vigilance is the price to pay for maintaining freedom
in a Jeffersonian Republic. He is concerned about the future
of Europe. There are many long-term trends that should cause
concern, but most of today's leaders are very shortsighted
and only care about their image rather than the future of
their people. These concerns lead him to seek the office of
Montgomery County Executive in 1998. (See a short video
of Jim Schneider on Newsnight Maryland.) He won his parties
nomination and managed to get 27% of the votes in a final
election against a popular incumbent. In 2002 Mr. Schneider
published his first novel, which explained the foolish nature
of politics in a style comparable to Mark Twain and Franz
Kafka.
James Schneider founded the Center for Perpetual
Diversity in 2003. He likes to travel and learn about other
cultures and cares very much about the risk of nations losing
their cultural identity. He has met businessmen and government
officials on some of his trips to Brazil, Cuba, England, France,
Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Thailand, and Ukraine.
During a trip to Ukraine in 2005 he was inspired to start
a scholarship program for the East Ukrainian National University.
Scholarships were awarded to three students who wrote the
best papers explaining whether or not Ukraine should join
the European Union. The lower right photo shows Mr. Schneider
meeting with the head of the University in Lugansk, Ukraine.
