Meet the Team
Sven Albrecht
Regional President & Managing Director
Gonzalo Ramos
Manager, Organisational Development & Regional Support
Miroslaw Krogulec
Vice President, Sports & Organizational Development
Krzysztof Krukowski
Senior Director, Organizational Development
Matteo Secchi
Manager, Sports & Organizational Development
Sabine Menke
Vice President, Youth, Unified Sports & Research
Jenni Hakkinen
Senior Manager, Youth, Schools & University
Bjoern Koehler
Senior Director, Health Programs and Opening Eyes Global
Ilse Hemmelmayr
Senior Manager, Health Programmes
Pamela Herrera
Manager, Young Athletes, Athlete Leadership, MATP & Family Engagement
James Bryan
Intern, Young Athletes, Athlete/Unified Leadership, Family Engagement & MATP
William Byrne
Senior Vice President, Finance & Global Data Protection Coordinator
Donna Smyth
Regional Finance Assistant
Aoife O' Grady
Senior Manager, Communications & Marketing
Hernán Goldzycher
Senior Manager, Communications & Marketing
Silvia Cassina
Manager, Communications & Marketing
Ecem Acar
Advisor, Donor Relations & Development
Nicolas Meier
Manager, Project Development
Violeta Lorer
Advisor, Government Relations
Colin Kenny
Director, Projects & Grants
Gerald Mballe
Coordinator, Unified with Refugees
Marta Martinez Gonzalez
Intern Unified With Refugees
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Athlete Leadership Council 2024 - 2027
Inge Maiberg
Special Olympics Estonia
Julia Fonsen
Special Olympics Finland
Niall Guite
Special Olympics Great Britain
Shanaia Xuereb
Special Olympics Malta
Michael Lofink
Special Olympics Germany
SOEE Leadership Council 2024 - 2026
Eva Gazova
Special Olympics Slovakia - Chair
Aleksandar Stanojevic
Special Olympics Serbia – Member
Daiva Dabriliene
Special Olympics Lithuania - Member
Drita Dushi
Special Olympics Kosovo - Member
Ivan Radovic
Special Olympics Montenegro - Member
Kada Delic Selimovic
Special Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina
Laura Baxter MBE
Special Olympics Great Britain - Member
Maria João Figueira
Special Olympics Portugal - Member
Nicole Koch
Special Olympics Austria - Member
Rovshan Mammadov
Special Olympics Azerbaijan - Member
Inge Maiberg
Special Olympics Estonia - Athlete Representative
Ann Karoliine Vabamägi
Special Olympics Estonia – Mentor of Athlete Representative
Eleni Rossides
Independent Member
Europe Eurasia Sports Committee (EESC)
Aldo Doninelli - Chair
Special Olympics Switzerland
Natascha Bruers - VICE CHAIR , SOI SPORTS RULES COMMITTEE LIAISON
Special Olympics Netherlands
Laura Davis - Member
Special Olympics Great Britain
Rachel Chircop – Member, Athlete Representative
Special Olympics Malta
Christabel D’Amato (Rachel’s mentor)
Special Olympics Malta
Pierrot Feltgen - Member
Special Olympics Luxembourg
Tom Hauthal - Member
Special Olympics Germany
Anna Kazakova - Member
Special Olympics Uzbekistan
Vedad Čengić - Member
Special Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Youth Leadership Council 2025 -2026
Salla Pere
Special Olympics Finland
Wivan Atrila
Special Olympics Finland
Neo Girotić
Special Olympics Slovenia
Ajda Verdel
Special Olympics Slovenia
Petros Papasozomenos
Special Olympics Cyprus
Daniel Papasozomenos
Special Olympics Cyprus
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Unified Sports Expert (UNEX) Group 2024 - 2027
Thomas Gruber
Special Olympics Austria
Valerie Geluykens
Special Olympics Belgium
Kris Cuppens
Special Olympics Belgium
Joachim Joris
Special Olympics Belgium
Lii Laanoja
Special Olympics Estonia
Pauli Saksa
Special Olympics Finland
Emanuela Sellone
Special Olympics Italy
Alvaro Terreros
Special Olympics Spain
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Sargent Shriver Global Messengers
Gilmour Borg
Special Olympics Malta
Margaret Turley
Special Olympics Ireland