Marriages and children Snyder has been married four times and has four children. Her husbands have been: • Jeremiah Seawell (2000–2003): Seawell was a local boy from
Redding, California, whom she began dating at 14 years old. They married shortly after her 18th birthday, in summer 2000, and moved back to her hometown of Glendora. The couple separated within two years; their divorce was finalized in 2003. • Richard Martinez (2004–2011): Snyder began dating former In-N-Out employee Richard Martinez in 2002. They married in 2004 and in November 2006, Snyder gave birth to
fraternal twins (one boy, one girl). Snyder filed for divorce in September 2010, and this was finalized in late 2011. • Val Torres Jr. (2011–2014): In 2010, while separated from Martinez, Snyder began dating Torres, a race car driver. In July 2011, Snyder gave birth to their son. Her divorce from Martinez was finalized later in 2011. Shortly after, she married Torres in a small ceremony. • Sean Ellingson (July 7, 2014 – present): In May 2014, Snyder became engaged to Sean Ellingson, a native of
La Verne, California, and a
U.S. Army veteran. They married on July 7 of that year in
Malibu, California. She gave birth to their son, her fourth child, in late 2014. Ellingson is the older brother of the late actor
Evan Ellingson.
Religion Snyder is a devout
non-denominational Christian, and has spoken several times about her faith. According to an interview in
Decision magazine, Snyder became a born-again Christian as a child but drifted away from her faith following the end of her first marriage, when she slipped into a two-year-long stretch of drug and alcohol abuse. She would later say the film
The Passion of the Christ drew her back to God. She regularly competes in drag racing events, though has been on a break in recent years. In addition to the Willys, Snyder owns many other performance cars. Some of her vehicles include a 2015
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, a 1969
Dodge Dart, a 1970
Chevrolet Chevelle SS and a customized 1987
Chevrolet Blazer. Snyder is founder of the In-N-Out "company band," .48 Special. She plays bass and sings and her husband Sean Ellingson plays guitar. All the other members of the band are from In-N-Out management, and their rehearsals are built around their work schedules. Snyder is also an aerialist, fire eater and dancer, regularly performing at .48 Special performances during In-N-Out events. Described as an "outdoorsy jock" by
Orange Coast, Snyder was at one point training for an amateur boxing career.
Residence In August 2012, Snyder reportedly purchased a 7-bedroom, 16-bathroom mansion with of interior space in
Bradbury, California, from
Texas Rangers third baseman Adrián Beltré for a sum in excess of
US$17 million. She moved from the home in 2020 and sold it in 2021. Snyder still works primarily out of the
Baldwin Park office, home of In-N-Out University and formerly company headquarters, rather than the Irvine corporate headquarters because it is closer to her main residence.
Privacy and kidnapping attempts Snyder had a long-time penchant for declining nearly all interview requests and rarely appearing at public events. However, in recent years she has become more open to the media, participating in profiles with the
Orange County Register,
Orange Coast,
CBS News, Forbes, Decision Magazine, and Focus on the Family. She regularly attends In-N-Out functions, including store openings, company picnics and leadership training events. In her January 2014 interview with
Orange Coast, Snyder said that she has been the target of at least two kidnapping attempts. In the wake of these attempts, she deliberately kept herself out of the public eye for the safety of her family, she said. The first kidnapping attempt occurred when she was still a high school student in Shingletown; the second took place when she was 21 years old in Baldwin Park, near the local In-N-Out distribution center. ==References==