Our Leadership

Special Olympics is led by a senior management team with broad corporate and nonprofit experience. Seven regional offices around the world are headed up by managing directors who support the ongoing growth and development of programs in their regions.

Below is a list of Special Olympics officers and leaders who served at any time between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016.

Board of Directors

Dr. Timothy P. Shriver

Chairman

Special Olympics
Ms. Mary Davis

Chief Executive Officer

Special Olympics
Professor Bill Alford

Lead Director & Vice Chair

Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School
Mr. Stephen M. Carter

Lead Director and Vice Chair

Managing Partner, Larkspur Holdings LLLP
Ms. Loretta Claiborne

Vice Chair

Chief Inspiration Officer, Special Olympics; Special Olympics Athlete, USA
Mr. Angelo Moratti

Vice Chair

Vice Chairman, SARAS S.p.A.; Chairman, Special Olympics Italy
Ms. Michelle Kwan

Treasurer

U.S. Public Diplomacy Envoy; Olympic Figure Skating Medalist
Ms. Angela Ciccolo

Secretary

Chief Legal Officer, Special Olympics
Mr. Steve Keener

Assistant Secretary

Staff Attorney, Special Olympics

Board Members

Mr. Mohammed M. Al Hameli

IAC Middle East North Africa Representative; Chairman, Special Olympics United Arab Emirates; Deputy Chairman & Secretary General, Zayed Higher Organization
His Highness Sayyid Faisal Bin Turki Al Said

IAC Middle East North Africa Representative; Chairman, Special Olympics Oman
Mr. Ernest Z. Bower

President & CEO, Bower Group Asia; Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Dr. David Braddock

Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities; Associate Vice President for Research, University of Colorado System
Ambassdor Nicholas Burns

Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Ms. Nadia Comaneci

Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medalist
Ms. Yolanda Eleta de Varela

President, Special Olympics Panama; Member, Latin America Strategic Advisory Council
Ms. Donna de Varona

Sports Broadcaster; Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist
Dr. Elisabeth Dykens

Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
Ms. Anne Finucane

Vice Chairman, Bank of America
Ambassador Luis Gallegos

Former Ambassador from Ecuador to the United States; Chairman, Global UN Partnership for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies; President, International Rehabilitation Foundation
Ms. Kathy Gibson

IAC Asia Pacific Representative; CEO, Special Olympics New Zealand
Mr. Benjamin Haack

Special Olympics Athlete, Australia
Mr. Scott Hamilton

Sports Broadcaster; Olympic Figure Skating Gold Medalist
Mr. Nils Kastberg

Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNICEF
Mr. Muhtar Kent

Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Kim Byeong Deok

IAC East Asia Representative; Vice Executive Chairman, Special Olympics Korea
Ms. Ronak Lakhani

General Secretary, Special Olympics Pakistan
Mr. Li Ruigang

Founding Chairman, CMC Capital Partners; Former Chief of Staff, Shanghai Municipal
Mr. Larry Lucchino

President & CEO, Boston Red Sox
Mr. Glenn Lyon

President & CEO, Finish Line
Mr. Peter Mazunda

IAC Africa Representative; Board Chair, Special Olympics Malawi
Ms. Georgia Milton-Sheats

IAC North America Representative; CEO, Special Olympics Georgia
Ms. Katie Burke Mitic

Digital Technology Entrepreneur
Mr. Dikembe Mutombo

President & CEO, The Dikembe Mutombo Foundation; Former NBA Player
Hon. Na Kyung Won

Chair, Special Olympics Korea; Congresswoman, Korean National Assembly
Mr. Denis O'Brien

Chairman & Owner, Communicorp
Mr. Samuel Perkins

NBA Player Consultant; Olympic Basketball Gold Medalist
Ms. Monica Rivero

IAC Latin America Representative; Chair, Special Olympics Bolivia
Dr. Eleni Rossides

IAC Europe Eurasia Representative; National Director, Special Olympics Cyprus
Ms. Kim Samuel

President, The Samuel Family Foundation; Scholar-in-Residence, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
Mr. Bobby Shriver

Activist; Attorney
Mr. Hamdi Ulukaya

CEO, Chobani
Ms. Natalia Vodianova

Model; Philanthropist; Film Actress
Mr. Matthew Williams

Chair, Special Olympics Global Athlete Congress
Ms. Vanessa Williams

Actress; Recording Artist
Ms. Yang Lan

Founding Chairperson, Sun Culture Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation; Journalist; Philanthropist
Mr. Yao Ming

Chairman, Shanghai Sharks Basketball Club; Founder, the Yao Ming Foundation
Dr. Dicken Yung

Former Honorary President, Special Olympics Asia Pacific and East Asia; Founder-Chairman, Special Olympics Hong Kong; Professor and Director, University of Oregon Asia Pacific Continuing Education and Professional Training Programs; Chairman, Unilava Corp. Government; Former Chairman, Shanghai Media Group

Global Leadership Team

Dr. Timothy P. Shriver

Chairman
Mary Davis

Chief Executive Officer
Noah Broadwater

Chief Technology Officer
Angela Ciccolo

Chief Legal Officer
Loretta Claiborne

Chief Inspiration Officer
Denis Doolan

Chief, Organizational Excellence
Dr. John Dow

Chief, Regional and Program Operations
Louis Lauria

Chief of Games and Competition
Michael Meenan

Chief Financial Officer
Kirsten Suto Seckler

Chief Marketing Officer
Kelli Seely

Chief Development Officer
Peter Wheeler

Chief and Executive Producer, 50th Anniversary Celebration
Drew Boshell

Senior Vice President, Sport and Health
Neal Carney

Senior Vice President, Games and Competitions
Christa White

Senior Vice President, Global Development and Government Relations
Beth Alldridge

Vice President, Regional and Program Operations
Steve Borrelli

Vice President, Human Resources
Lee Todd

Senior Advisor, Winter Sports, 2017 World Winter Games

Regional Leadership

Dr. John Dow

Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics Africa; Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics Asia Pacific
Claudia Echeverry

Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics Latin America
Marc Edenzon

Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics North America
David Evangelista

Acting Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia
Mary Gu

Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics East Asia
Ayman Wahab

Regional President and Managing Director, Middle East/North Africa
Charles Nyambe

Vice President, Operations, Africa