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International Board of Directors

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

  • 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
  • Managing Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Andrew Robertson
  • Treasurer
  • Chief Executive Officer, BBDO Worldwide

Board members

  • William Alford
  • Professor, Harvard Law School
  • HRH Princess Lalla Amina
  • IAC Middle East/North Africa Representative
  • Honorary Chairperson,
  • Special Olympics Morocco
  • Peter Arnell
  • Chairman
  • Arnell
  • Edward Barbanell
  • Actor, "The Ringer"
  • Folashade Bolumole
  • IAC Africa Representative
  • Program National Director,
  • Special Olympics Nigeria
  • David Braddock, Ph.D.
  • Executive Director, Coleman Institute
  • 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
  • Donna de Varona
  • Sports Broadcaster
  • Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist
  • 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.
  • Anne Finucane
  • Chief Marketing Officer and President, Northeast, Bank of America
  • Scott Hamilton
  • Sports Broadcaster
  • Olympic Ice Skating Gold Medalist
  • Jia Yong
  • IAC East Asia Representative
  • Executive Chairman, Special Olympics China
  • Kim Samuel Johnson
  • Director, The Samuel Group
  • Larry Lucchino
  • President and CEO, Boston Red Sox
  • Muhtar Kent
  • Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
  • Ossie Kilkenny
  • International Entrepreneur
  • Founder, O.J. Kilkenny & Company
  • John F. Manley
  • Private Investor
  • 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
  • President/CEO, Special Olympics Montana
  • Dr. Andrey Pavlov
  • Chairman, Special Olympics Russia
  • Ministry of Science & Technologies of the Russian Federation
  • Samuel Perkins
  • NBA Player Consultant and Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Gulya Saidova
  • IAC Europe/Eurasia Representative
  • National Director, Special Olympics Uzbekistan
  • Maria Shriver
  • First Lady of California
  • Broadcast Journalist and Author
  • Margaret Spellings
  • Former U.S. Secretary of Education,
  • President and CEO, Margaret Spellings and Company
  • Anne Sweeney
  • Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks
  • President, Disney-ABC Television Group
  • HE Vivian Fernández de Torrijos
  • Former First Lady of the Republic of Panama
  • Vanessa Williams
  • Actress and Recording Artist
  • Dr. Dicken Yung
  • Former President, Special Olympics East Asia