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, 2018 and December 31, 2018.
Board of Directors
  • Dr. Timothy P. Shriver
    Chairman

    Special Olympics

  • Ms. Mary Davis
    Chief Executive Officer

    Special Olympics

  • Mr. William Alford
    Lead Director & Vice Chair

    Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School

  • 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. Steven Keener
    Assistant Secretary

    Corporate Counsel, Special Olympics

Board Members
  • 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

  • Ambassdor Nicholas Burns

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

  • Mr. Stephen M. Carter

    Managing Partner, Larkspur Holdings LLLP

  • Dr. Clement Chileshe

    IAC Africa Representative; Vice Chairperson, Special Olympics Zambia

  • Mr. Bart Conner

    Sports Broadcaster; Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medalist

  • Mr. Nyasha Derera

    Chair, Special Olympics Global Athlete Congress; Special Olympics Athlete, Zimbabwe

  • Ms. Yolanda Eleta de Varela

    President, Special Olympics Panama; Member, Latin America Strategic Advisory Council

  • 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. 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. Ray Lane

    Managing Partner, GreatPoint Ventures; Strategic Advisor, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

  • Mr. Li Ruigang

    Founding Chairman, CMC Capital Partners

  • Mr. Glenn Lyon

    Fomer Chairman & CEO, Finish Line

  • Ms. Georgia Milton-Sheats

    IAC North America Representative; CEO, Special Olympics Georgia

  • 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

  • Ms. Carolina Picasso

    IAC Latin America Representative; Chair, Special Olympics Chile

  • Ms. Monica Rivero

    IAC Latin America Representative; Chair, Special Olympics Bolivia

  • Dr. Eleni Rossides

    IAC Europe Eurasia Representative; National Director, Special Olympics Cyprus

  • Dr. Cdr Kartikay Saini

    IAC Asia Pacific Representative; Chairman, Special Olympics Bharat

  • Ms. Kim Samuel

    President, The Samuel Family Foundation

  • Dr. Shi Derong

    Chief Advisor, Dongyi Capital; Chairman, Shanghai Private Equity Association

  • Mr. Bobby Shriver

    Activist; Attorney

  • Ms. Maria Gabriela Sigala

    Activist; Philanthropist; Attorney

  • Dr. Wing-Kun Tam

    Past President, The International Association of Lions Clubs

  • 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

Global Leadership Team
  • Dr. Timothy P. Shriver

    Chairman

  • Ms. Mary Davis

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Mr. Steve Borrelli

    Chief Human Resources Officer

  • Ms. Angela Ciccolo

    Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

  • Ms. Loretta Claiborne

    Chief Inspiration Officer

  • Mr. Denis Doolan

    Chief, Organizational Excellence

  • Dr. John Dow

    Chief, Regional and Program Operations

  • Mr. Timothy Kobosko

    Chief Information Officer

  • Mr. Louis Lauria

    Chief, Games & Competition

  • Mr. Michael Meenan

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Ms. Kirsten Suto Seckler

    Chief Brand and Communications Officer

  • Ms. Kelli Seely

    Chief Marketing and Development Officer

  • Mr. Drew Boshell

    Senior Vice President, Sport and Health

  • Ms. Christa White

    Senior Vice President, Global Development

  • Ms. Beth Alldridge

    Vice President, Regional and Program Operations

  • Mr. Shawn Ferguson

    Vice President, Government Relations & Chief of Staff

Regional Leadership
  • Dr. John Dow

    Chief, Regional and Program Operations

  • Ms. Claudia Echeverry

    Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics Latin America

  • Mr. Marc Edenzon

    Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics North America

  • Mr. David Evangelista

    Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia

  • Ms. Freda Fung

    Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics East Asia

  • Mr. Simon Koh

    Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics Asia Pacific

  • Mr. Charles Nyambe

    Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics Africa

  • Mr. Ayman Wahab

    Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics Middle East/North Africa

Global Athlete Input Council
  • Brightfield Shadi

    Botswana

  • Jasmine Sharif

    Pakistan

  • Ken Melvin

    Indiana

  • Julio Barrera

    Panama

  • Micheline Van Hees

    Belgium

  • Nada Al Rachid

    Tunisia

  • Wilson (Wai Shing) Man

    Hong Kong