Rachel Brody is Senior Vice President, Global Youth and Education at Special Olympics, where she leads youth leadership and education programming across the global movement.
Most recently, Brody led the Global Partnerships and Resources Team at Teach for All, overseeing initiatives spanning AI and educational technology, climate education, girls’ education, education in emergency settings, the future of work, foundational literacy and numeracy, student leadership, and inclusive education. Over the past decade, she has advanced inclusion efforts across Teach for America and Teach for All through program design and implementation, partnership development, grantmaking, and team leadership.
Brody holds a B.A. in Communications from Texas State University and a Master's in Education from George Mason University. Based in Seattle, Washington (USA), she brings a global perspective developed through work across multiple countries and contexts, grounded in her early career as an educator in Washington, DC. She and her husband (also an educator) have a daughter and two cats.
Global Leadership Team
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Timothy Shriver, Ph.D
Chairman of the Board -
David Evangelista
President and Chief Executive Officer -
Matthew Aaron
Chief Operating Officer -
Jim Barbee
Chief Financial Officer -
Rachel Brody
Senior Vice President, Global Youth and Education -
Dimitri A Christakis, MD, MPH
Chief Health Officer -
Loretta Claiborne
Chief Inspiration Officer; Senior Advisor to the CEO, Athlete Experience -
Nathan Cook
Chief Information & Technology Officer -
John Dow, Ph.D
Chief, Regional & Program Operations -
Shawn Ferguson
Chief of Global Government Relations -
Brandon M. Fitzgerald
Chief Legal Officer; Secretary, Board of Directors -
Annemarie Hill
Chief of Health Operations -
Emily Klinger
Chief, Leadership & Organizational Development -
Louis Lauria
Chief of Sport and Competition -
Zehra Sayin
Chief Marketing, Communications & Development Officer
