Contact

Find the names, titles, email address and other information for leaders at Special Olympics.

Headquarters

Special Olympics
1133 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036-3604 USA
+1 202-628-3630
+1 800-700-8585
+1 202-824-0200 (Fax)

See email addresses for departments below

Donor Services / Donor Communication Preferences

+1 800-380-3071
donorservices@specialolympics.org

Careers

For information on jobs and internships at Special Olympics, go to our professional opportunities page

Press / Communications

Jason Teitler
SVP, Global Communications and Brand Lead, Marketing and Development
+ 1 202-824-0290
jteitler@specialolympics.org

Health Communications

Christy Wier
Senior Director, Global Health Communications, Health Programs
+1 202-824-0307
cweir@specialolympics.org

Research and Evaluation

Samantha Engel
Specialist, Research & Evaluation, Research & Evaluation
+1 202-824-0337
research@specialolympics.org

Athlete Leadership

Emily Klinger
Director, Organizational Excellence
+1 202-824-0393
eklinger@specialolympics.org

Unified & Sports

Brittany Pair
Administrative Assistant, Sport & Health
+1 202-715-6402
bpair@specialolympics.org

Healthy Athletes

Meggin van der Hilst
Acting Director, Healthy Athletes, Health Programs
+1 202-824-0202
HealthyAthletes@specialolympics.org

Schools and Youth

Haylie Bernacki Griffeth
Senior Manager, Youth Engagement
+1 202-824-0215
hbernacki@specialolympics.org

Strategic Gifts

Katie Whitlow
Vice President, Strategic Gifts, Marketing and Development
+1 919-348-0275
kwhitlow@specialolympics.org

Corporate Partnerships

Chad Jones
Vice President, Business Development
+1 202-715-1145
cjones@specialolympics.org

Families and Young Athletes

Rebecca Ralston
Director, Young Athletes
+1 202-824-0212
rralston@specialolympics.org

Unified Leadership Academy

Olga Yakimakho
Director, Leadership and Organizational Development
+1 202-824-0239
oyakimakho@specialolympics.org

Get Involved

Special Olympics offers many ways to take part. There are short-term and long-term volunteer opportunities, the option of playing Unified Sports and to become a Special Olympics athlete.

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Program and Region Office Contacts

Africa

Romi Reinecke
Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications
+27 11 706 3323
rreinecke@specialolympics.org

Asia Pacific

Genevieve Jiang
Director of Communications
+65 6871 4922
gjiang@specialolympics.org

East Asia

Cherry Ye
Marketing & Development
Director
+86 21 6248 2020 x 816
cye@SpecialOlympics.org

Europe Eurasia

Fiona Hynes
Head of Communications
+353 87 134-2820
fhynes@specialolympics.org

Middle East-North Africa

Ayman Wahab
Regional President & Managing Director
+ 20 2 345 5510
+ 20 2 345 5510
awahab@specialolympics.org

Latin America

Claudia Echeverry
Regional President and Managing Director
+507 214-4500
cecheverry@specialolympics.org

North America

Lynn Idaszak
Internal Communications and Operations Manager
+1 919-785-0699
lidaszak@specialolympics.org