Be a Fan of Inspiration ...

"When I first started playing two years ago, I wasn't that good," Bowers said. "I am better at the game now because I practice all the time."

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Be a Fan of Inclusion ...

Sanders found a new meaning to life when he joined Special Olympics. He said that being a part of this is keeping him off the streets and it's something to look forward to because he made new friends.

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Be a Fan of Sport ...

Martinez, who is from Sullivan County and is coached by Melissa Ebeling, believes that the Special Olympics has helped him stay motivated as well keeping positive.

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Contact Us

Special Olympics New York Headquarters
504 Balltown Road
Schenectady, NY 12304
518-388-0790   
1-800-836- 6976  
Fax 518-388-0795
ext. email

Executive

Neal J. Johnson, President & CEO, 518-388-0787   johnsonn@nyso.org
Shelly Nangle, Executive VP & COO, 518-388-0787   mnangle@nyso.org
Hilary Kellogg, Government Liaison 116 hkellogg@nyso.org
Amberlee Baccari, Executive Secretary 122 abaccari@nyso.org

Program

Steve Fuller, Vice President, Program & Competition 104 sfuller@nyso.org
Bryan Norris, Director of Competition 113 bnorris@nyso.org
Bill Collins, Director of Training 127 bcollins@nyso.org
Linda Fortin, Sports Database Manager 131 lfortin@nyso.org
Anita Soler, Administrative Assistant 115 asoler@nyso.org

Volunteers

Stacy Gioeli, Director of Volunteer Management 111 sgioeli@nyso.org

Law Enforcement Torch Run & Special Events

Renee Snyder, Senior Director of Development

103 rsnyder@nyso.org
Kaila Horton, Assoc. Director of Development 129 khorton@nyso.org

Development & Public Relations

Christopher Smith, Vice President of Development & PR 140 csmith@nyso.org
Darcie Henderson, Assoc. Director of Development
(Marketing and Communications)
106 dhenders@nyso.org
Beth Costello, Director of Development
(Direct Response Marketing)
143 bcostello@nyso.org

Finance/Human Resources

Ray Polikoski, Vice President, Finance & Administration 119 rpolikoski@nyso.org
Loris Brown, Accountant 126 lbrown@nyso.org
Christina James, HR & Finance Administor 118 cjames@nyso.org
Sunny Damji, Raisers Edge Manager 117 sdamji@nyso.org
Sue Hannon, Finance Assistant 101 shannon@nyso.org
Carol Gill, Direct Marketing Assistant 128 cgill@nyso.org
Holly Gray, Aministrative Assistant 102 hgray@nyso.org

Information Systems

Terry Simboli, Director of Information Systems 125 tsimboli@nyso.org

Capital
504 Balltown Road
Schenectady, NY 12304
Phone: 518-388-0790
Fax: 518-388-0795
ext. email

PROGRAM:

Leah DeCosta, Director of Program   ldecosta@nyso.org

DEVELOPMENT

Brian McDonald, Associate Director of Development 108 bmcdonald@nyso.org
Kaila Horton, Associate Director of Development, LETR 129 khorton@nyso.org

Central
800 South Wilbur Avenue
Syracuse , New York 13204
Phone: 315-473-2933
Fax: 315-473-5072
ext. email

REGIONAL DIRECTOR:

Laurie Kennedy
  lkennedy@nyso.org

PROGRAM:

Sean Coakley, Director of Program   scoakley@nyso.org
Meghan Quinn, Program Specialist   mquinn@nyso.org

DEVELOPMENT:

Brenda Krusenstjerna, Director of Development   bkrusenstjerna@nyso.org
Amy Schedlbauer, Associate Director of Development   aschedlbauer@nyso.org
Kaila Horton, Associate Director of Development, LETR   khorton@nyso.org

Genesee
1 Grove Street
Suite 216
Pittsford , NY 14534
Phone: 585-586-7400
Fax: 585-586-7065
ext.
email

REGIONAL DIRECTOR:

Laurie Kennedy
102 lkennedy@nyso.org
Mary Ellen Murphy, Adminitrative Assistant 100 mmurphy@nyso.org

PROGRAM:

Robin Mitchell, Director of Program 107 rmitchell@nyso.org
Joshua Dority, Program Specialist 103 jdority@nyso.org

DEVELOPMENT:

Brenda Krusenstjerna, Director of Development 109 bkrusenstjerna@nyso.org
Amy Schedlbauer, Associate Director of Development 105 aschedlbauer@nyso.org

Hudson Valley
1207 Route 9
Suite 1C
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Phone: 845-765-2497
Fax:845-765-2501
ext.
email

REGIONAL DIRECTOR:

Tom Hay
7 thay@nyso.org
Mercedes Vincent, Administrative Assistant 0 mvincent@nyso.org

PROGRAM:

Ellen Pikula, Program Director 5 epikula@nyso.org
Linda Efraimsen, Program Director 6 lefraimsen@nyso.org

DEVELOPMENT:

Teresa Gilli, Associate Director of Development
4 tgilli@nyso.org

Long Island
819 Grand Blvd.
Suite 3
Deer Park , NY 11729
Phone: 631-254-1465
Fax: 631-254-1469
ext. email

REGIONAL DIRECTOR:

Diane Colonna, Regional Director
11 dcolonna@nyso.org

PROGRAM:

Tim Flynn, Director of Program 15 tflynn@nyso.org
Faith Latella, Program Specialist   flatella@nyso.org

DEVELOPMENT:

Jennifer Woishnis, Associate Director of Development 12 jwoishnis@nyso.org
Kristina Aquilone, Development Specialist 10 kaquilone@nyso.org

New York City
211 East 43rd Street
Suite 802
New York , NY 10017
Phone: 212-661-3963
Fax: 212-661-4658

ext.
email

REGIONAL DIRECTOR:

Judy Dorn
220 jdorn@nyso.org
Wendy Younge, Administrative Assistant 213 wyounge@nyso.org

PROGRAM:

Dave Celentano, Senior Director of Programs 215 dcelentano@nyso.org
Tom Peyton, Director of Program 218 peyton@nyso.org
Todd Bazzini, Program Specialist 210 tbazzini@nyso.org
David Durandisse, Program Specialist 216 ddurandisse@nyso.org

DEVELOPMENT:

Jamie DePasquale, Director of Development
(Corporate Relations & Special Events)
217 jdepasquale@nyso.org
Elizabeth Forest , Associate Director of Development 214 eforest@nyso.org

North Country

504 Balltown Road
Schenectady, NY 12304
Phone: 518-388-0790
Fax: 518-388-0795

ext. email

PROGRAM:

Leah DeCosta, Director of Program   ldecosta@nyso.org

Southern Tier
504 Balltown Road
Schenectady, NY 12304
Phone: 518-388-0790
Fax: 518-388-0795
ext.
email

Western
8207 Main Street,
Suite 13
Williamsville , NY 14221
Phone:716- 580-3346
Fax: 716- 580-3941
ext. email

REGIONAL DIRECTOR:

Laurie Kennedy
  lkennedy@nyso.org

PROGRAM:

Shelby Baker, Director of Program   sbaker@nyso.org

DEVELOPMENT:

Brenda Krusenstjerna, Director of Development   bkrusenstjerna@nyso.org
Amy Schedlbauer, Associate Director of Development   aschedlbauer@nyso.org
     


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