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