He was appointed to the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council by Governor Mike Sullivan and served as chairman for several years.
[4] He chaired the Council of State Government West Energy and Public Lands Committee for several years.
[6][7] The Wyoming County Commissioners Association honored Schiffer with their annual Senate Legislator of the Year Award in 2014 prior to his death.
[9] He and his wife Nancy were honored in October 2014 at the Child Advocacy Service of the Big Horns (CASA) Light of Hope Breakfast for his work on student scholarships, child protection, compulsory school attendance, teacher recruitment, juvenile justice and public library endowments, and her career as a teacher, service as a volunteer, and work on the boards of the Wyoming Boys & Girls Club of the Big Horns and the Community Resource Council.
His death garnered statewide attention, and he was eulogized by his son Ben, his long-time friend and business partner State Treasurer Mark Gordon, colleagues in the legislature, former Governor Dave Freudenthal, and Governor Matt Mead,[9] who ordered flags flown at half-staff in Schiffer's honor.