Board of Directors
Special Olympics' volunteer Board of Directors determines international policies. The board is composed of business and sport leaders, professional athletes, educators and experts in intellectual disabilities from around the world.
Officers
Timothy Shriver, Ph.D
Chairman of the Board
Mary Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Anne Finucane
Lead Director & Vice Chair
Dale Jones
Treasurer
Brandon M. Fitzgerald
Chief Legal Officer; Secretary, Board of Directors
Daniel Kurland
Assistant General Counsel, Assistant Secretary
Board Members
Seun Adigun
Chiropractor, Biomechanist, Speaker First African Summer & Winter Olympian Nigeria's Historic Women's Bobsled - Driver BSFN & Special Olympics Global Ambassador
His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba
UAE Ambassador to the US; Special Olympics
Jaime Alemán
Former Ambassador of Panama to the United States; Senior Partner, Aleman, Cordero, Galindo & Lee
Kiera Byland
Chair, Global Athlete Congress; Special Olympics Athlete, Great Britain
Dr. Jim Clements
President, Clemson University
Bart Conner
Sports Broadcaster; Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medalist
Didier Drogba
Legendary Professional Football (Soccer) Player
Emanuelle Dutra Fernandes de Souza
Special Olympics Brazil athlete, former Sargent Shriver Global Messenger, Consultant to SOI Leadership and Organizational Development department
Amadou Gallo Fall
President of the Basketball Africa League
Benita Fitzgerald Mosley
Chief Executive Officer, Multiplying Good; Olympic Gold Medalist, 100 Meter Hurdles
Jennifer Fortner
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Chicago
Eva Gažová
International Advisory Committee Europe Eurasia Representative; National Director of Special Olympics Slovakia
Mary Gu
CEO of CAA China; Former Special Olympics Regional President and Managing Director of East Asia
Gail Hamamoto
International Advisory Committee North America Representative; Chief Executive Officer of Special Olympics Canada
Ronak Lakhani
General Secretary, Special Olympics Pakistan
Ray Lane
Managing Partner, GreatPoint Ventures; Strategic Advisor, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Li Ruigang
Founding Chairman of CMC Capital Partners
Glenn Lyon
Former Chairman & CEO, Finish Line
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba
International Advisory Committee Africa Representative; Chairperson, Special Olympics Mali
Károly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute; Hattie B. Munroe Professor of Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)
Tusitina Nu’uvali
International Advisory Committee Asia Pacific Representative; National Director of Special Olympics Samoa
Carolina Picasso
President, Special Olympics Chile
James Quincey
Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company
Jim Ryan
President of University of Virginia
David Sable
Non-Executive Chairman, Young & Rubicam
Kim Samuel
President, The Samuel Family Foundation
Shi Derong
Chief Advisor, Dongyi Capital; Chairman, Shanghai Private Equity Association
Bobby Shriver
Activist; Attorney
Mark Shriver
Senior Vice President, U.S. Programs and Advocacy, Save the Children; CEO, Save the Children Action Network
Maria Gabriela Sigala
Activist; Philanthropist; Attorney
Chang-Woo Soh
Chairperson of SOEA RLC, President of Special Olympics Seoul, Vice President of SO Korea and CEO of Papa Johns Korea
Piet Steel
Former Chairman of Europe Asia Center; Former Chairman of the Board at Special Olympics Belgium
Laura Valverde
International Advisory Committee Latin America Representative; Executive Director of Special Olympics Costa Rica
Natalia Vodianova
Model; Philanthropist; Film Actress
Yang Lan
Founding Chairperson, Sun Culture Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation; Journalist; Philanthropist
Mike Zafirovski
Founder, Chairman, and President of The Zaf Group