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, 2019 and December 31, 2021.

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. Angela Ciccolo

Secretary

Chief Legal Officer, Special Olympics
Ms. Loretta Claiborne

Vice Chair

Chief Inspiration Officer, Special Olympics; Special Olympics Athlete, USA
Brandon M. Fitzgerald

Secretary

Chief Legal Officer, Special Olympics
Dale Jones

Treasurer

CEO, Diversified Search Group
Daniel Kurland

Assistant Secretary

Staff Attorney, Special Olympics
Ms. Michelle Kwan

Treasurer

U.S. Public Diplomacy Envoy; Olympic Figure Skating Medalist
Mr. Angelo Moratti

Vice Chair

Vice Chairman, SARAS S.p.A.; Chairman, Special Olympics Italy
Arnedia Wallace

Assistant Secretary

Staff Attorney, Special Olympics

Board Members

Ambassador Jaime Alemán

Former Ambassador of Panama to the United States; Senior Partner, Aleman, Cordero, Galindo & Lee
His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba

Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States of America
His Highness Sayyid Faisal Bin Turki Al Said

IAC Middle East North Africa Representative; Chairman, Special Olympics Oman
Ms. Sharon Bollenbach

IAC North America Representative; CEO, Special Olympics Canada
Mr. Ernest Bower

President & CEO, Bower Group Asia
Ambassador Nicholas Burns

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

Managing Partner, Larkspur Holdings LLLP
Dr. Clement Chileshe

IAC Africa Representative; Vice Chairperson, Special Olympics Zambia
Dr. James P. Clements

President, Clemson University
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
Mr. Didier Drogba

Legendary Professional Football (Soccer) Player
Dr. Elisabeth Dykens

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

Vice Chairman, Bank of America
Ms. Jennifer Fortner

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Chicago; Former Board Chair, Special Olympics Illinois; Co-Chair, Special Olympics 50th Anniversary
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
Mr. Benjamin Haack

Special Olympics Athlete, Australia
Dale Jones

President & CEO, Diversified Search
Mr. Nils Kastberg

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

Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
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 of CMC Capital Partners
Mr. Glenn Lyon

Former Chairman & CEO, Finish Line
Ms. Hamchetou Maiga-Ba

International Advisory Committee Africa Representative; Vice Chairperson, Special Olympics Zambia
Karoly Mirnics, M.D., PH.D.

Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute; Hattie B. Munroe Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)
Ms. Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Vice President, Community and Impact; President, FundPlay for LeagueApps; Olympic Gold Medalist, 100 Meter Hurdles
Mr. Dikembe Mutombo

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

Chair, Special Olympics Korea; Congresswoman, Korean National Assembly
Ms. Carolina Picasso

IAC Latin America Representative; Chair, Special Olympics Chile
Mr. Satish Pillai

IAC Asia Pacific Representative; Chairman, Special Olympics Bharat
James Quincey

Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
Dr. Eleni Rossides

IAC Europe Eurasia Representative; National Director, Special Olympics Cyprus
Mr. David Sable

Non-Executive Chairman, Young & Rubicam
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
Mr. Mark Shriver

Senior Vice President, U.S. Programs and Advocacy, Save the Children; CEO, Save the Children Action Network
Ms. Maria Gabriela Sigala

Activist; Philanthropist; Attorney
Mr. Chang-Woo Soh

Chairperson of SOEA RLC, President of Special Olympics Seoul, Vice President of SO Korea and CEO of Papa Johns Korea
Mr. Arne Sorenson

CEO, Marriott International
Dr. Wing-Kun Tam

Past President, The International Association of Lions Clubs
Gloria Torruco

Philanthropist and Founder, El Espacio de Michelle ("Michelle’s Space")
Mr. Hamdi Ulukaya

CEO, Chobani
Ms. Natalia Vodianova

Model; Philanthropist; Film Actress
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
Ms. Sujing Zhao

IAC East Asia Representative

Global Leadership Team

Dr. Timothy P. Shriver

Chairman
Ms. Mary Davis

Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Jim Barbee

Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Alicia Bazzano

Chief Health 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. Brandon M. Fitzgerald

Chief Legal Officer; Secretary, Board of Directors
Dr. Jacqueline Jodl, Ph.D

Chief, Global Youth and Education Officer
Ms. Emily Klinger

Vice President, Leadership & Organizational Development
Mr. Timothy Kobosko

Chief Information Officer
Mr. Louis Lauria

Chief, Games & Competition
Mr. Michael Meenan

Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Prianka Nandy

Chief Information and Technology Officer
Ms. Zehra Sayin

Chief Marketing, Communications & Development Officer
Ms. Kelli Seely

Chief Marketing and Development Officer
Mr. Shawn Ferguson

Vice President, Government Relations & Chief of Staff
Mr. Soeren Palumbo

Vice President, Global Youth Engagement

Regional Leadership

Dr. John Dow

Chief, Regional and Program Operations
Ms. Claudia Echeverry

Regional President and Managing Director, Special Olympics Latin America
Greg Epperson

Acting Regional President & Managing Director, 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. Dipak Natali

Acting Regional President & 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
Mr. Tony Wyllie

Regional President & Managing Director, Special Olympics North America

Global Athlete Input Council

Nada Al Rachid

Tunisia
Julio Barrera

Panama
Kiera Byland

Great Britain
Álvaro Brochero Carreño

Venezuela
Shrey Kadian

Bharat (India)
Boniface Kimeu

Kenya
Heidi Mallett

Canada
Wilson (Wai Shing) Man

Hong Kong
Ken Melvin

Indiana
Youssef Ramadan

Egypt
Brightfield Shadi

Botswana
Jasmine Sharif

Pakistan
Micheline Van Hees

Belgium
Candy Wong

Hong Kong