Don Schneider served as North American Division President from 2000-2010. Schneider was born in Merrill, Wisconsin. He was ordained to pastoral ministry in 1968 after completing an undergraduate degree at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, and a master’s at Andrews University, in Berrien Springs, Michigan. He began his ministry in Louisiana and served as a pastor and administrator in 10 U.S. states, including Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Nebraska, Wyoming, New Jersey, Louisiana, Colorado, California, and Michigan, before becoming president of the Lake Union Conference for six years.