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Special Olympics guides local, area, state/provincial and national Programs around the world. A volunteer Board of Directors determines international policies and is composed of business and sport leaders, professional athletes, educators and experts in intellectual disabilities from around the world.

Officers:
Timothy P. Shriver, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Board

Stephen M. Carter
Lead Director & Vice Chair
Chief Executive Officer
Superior Essex, Inc. 


Nadia Comaneci

Vice Chair
Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medalist

Raymond J. Lane
Vice Chair
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

J. Brady Lum
President & COO


William Alford
Professor, Harvard Law School

HRH Princess Lalla Amina
IAC Middle East/North Africa Representative
Honorary Chairperson,
Special Olympics Morocco

Peter Arnell
Chairman & Chief Creative Officer,
Arnell Group Brand Consulting

Folashade Bolumole
IAC Africa Representative
Program National Director,
Special Olympics Nigeria

Edward Barbanell
Actor, "The Ringer"

David Braddock, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Coleman Institute
for Cognitive Disabilities; Associate
Vice President for Research,
University of Colorado System

Fernando Ceballos
IAC Latin America Representative
President, Special Olympics Honduras

Loretta Claiborne
Special Olympics Athlete,
USA Holder of Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Quinnipiac University
and Villanova University

Bart Conner
Sports Broadcaster
Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medalist
Member, International
Gymnastics Hall of Fame

Gregory Craig
Trial lawyer and partner at Williams & Connolly, LLP

Deng PuFang
Chairman, China Disabled Persons' Federation

Donna de Varona
Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist & Sportscaster

Yolanda Eleta de Varela
Board President, Special Olympics Panama; Member, Latin America Strategic Advisory Council

Jay Emmett
President, Redwood Productions

Kevin M. Farr
Chief Financial Officer, Mattel, Inc.

HE Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
President, Republic of Iceland

Scott Hamilton
Sports Broadcaster
Olympic Ice Skating Gold Medalist

Steven J. Heyer
Vice Chairman, Mistral Acquisition Company

Kim Samuel Johnson
Director, The Samuel Group

Stacey Johnston
Special Olympics Athlete, USA
Sargent Shriver 30th Anniversary
Global Messenger

 

Jia Yong
IAC-East Asia Representative
Executive Chairman,
Special Olympics China

Muhtar Kent
President & COO, The Coca-Cola Company

Ossie Kilkenny
International Entrepreneur;
Founder, O.J. Kilkenny & Company

John F. Manley
Private Investor

Jo McDaid
IAC Europe/Eurasia Representative
National Director, Special Olympics Ireland

Yoshiko Mitsui
IAC Asia-Pacific Representative
Chairman, Special Olympics Nippon (Japan)

Angelo Moratti
Chairman, Special Olympics Italy;
Vice Chairman, SARAS S.p.A

Florence Nabayinda
Special Olympics Athlete, Uganda; Sargent Shriver 30th Anniversary Global Messenger

Bob Norbie
IAC North America Representative
Executive Director, Special Olympics Montana

Dr. Andrei Pavlov
Chairman, Special Olympics Russia;
Ministry of Science & Technologies of the Russian Federation

Dr. Mathews Phosa
Chairman, Special Olympics Africa

Andrew Robertson
Chief Executive Officer,
BBDO Worldwide

Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Founder and Honorary Chairman

Maria Shriver
First Lady of California; Broadcast Journalist and Author;

Rev. Joseph Simmons
Author and Recording Artist

Anne Sweeney
Co-Chairman Disney Media Networks
President Disney/ABC Television

HE Vivian Fernández de Torrijos
First Lady of the Republic of Panama

Walther Tröger
Member, International Olympic Committee; Honorary President, German Olympic Committee

Vanessa Williams
Actress and Recording Artist

Dr. Dicken Yung
Former President of Special Olympics East Asia

 
 
 
 

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