Site Credits
live.specialolympics.org is one of the largest documentary web projects ever attempted. More than 300 volunteers and a dedicated group of faculty and coaches have worked on this project for almost two years. The project grew out of the desire of Special Olympics Vice President Peter Wheeler to share the magic of the World Games with a world-wide audience of athletes, their friends, families, classmates and caring people everywhere.
We hope you enjoy meeting our athletes, sharing and learning from their stories and celebrating their many accomplishments with them. Best wishes.
Rich Beckman
Executive Producer
Leadership:
Rich Beckman - Executive Producer
Donny Lofland, Senior Producer and Director of Programming and Technology
Kim Grinfeder, Design Director
Mike Schmidt and Jay Heinz, Documentary Team Coaches
Pat Davison and Jim Virga, Photography Coaches
Nick Vidinsky, Daily Highlight Package Producer
Lee Pierce and Daniel Cloud, Programming and Technology Team
Nancy Donaldson and Pamela Chen, Boise Team Coaches
Nick Scott and Jun Zhu, Sun Valley Team Coaches
Andrea Ballocchi, McCall Team Coach
Special Thanks To:
Charmaine Dittmar for dealing with every challenge imaginable
Sam Grogg for producing our Opening Ceremonies coverage and supporting the team from the University of Miami
Peter Wheeler for dreaming that this project was possible.
Documentary Teams
EUROPE/EURASIA (EE)
Wilson Andrews
Julia Robin Thieme
John Adkisson
AFRICA (AF)
Anna Grace Koerber
Michael Sullivan
Roxanne Turpen
EAST ASIA (EA)
Olivia Shen Chang
Tang Lei
Chris Carmichael
MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA (ME)
Deborah Acosta
Stephanie Nicholas
Eileen Mignoni
ASIA PACIFIC (AP)
Melissa Gerber
Jeff Willis
Abigail Metty
NORTH AMERICA (NA)
Lauren Whiddon
Matthew Byrnes
Hannah Sharpe
LATIN AMERICA (LA)
Walyce Almeida
Nacho Corbella
Courtney Potter
DOCUMENTATION TEAM
Cody Stoeger
Phil Daquila
Jennifer Tenney
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Paula Habermeyer
Trevor Green
Brian Schlansky
BEHIND THE SCENES
María Angélica Kaltwasser
Greg Linch
ESPN Star Sports
Jaclyn Messina
Christopher Emma
VERSUS
Rebecca Kesten
Babette Sullivan
McCALL TEAM
Akilah Johnson
Alcione D. Gonzalez
Daniel Bull
Nicholas Harbaugh
Zachary Hoffman
SUN VALLEY TEAM
Zach Woodward
Jacqueline Villavicencio
Jessica K. Mosca
Kiersten Schmidt
Nathan Garrison
Noah Debonis
Michelle C. Wallace
Tia Dawkins-Hendricks
Emma Patti
BOISE TEAM
Dena Giannini - Team Leader - Speed Skating
Fang Liang - Team Leader - Speed Skating
Zubin Grogg - Team Leader - Figure Skating
Mary Katherine Ayers - Team Leader - Figure Skating
Tatiana Cohen - Team Leader - Floor Hockey
Marissa Gutherz - Team Leader - Floor Hockey
Peng Yijun - Team Leader - Alpine
Melissa Moser - Team Leader - Alpine
Heather Follmer
Ryan Jones
Kathryn Napier
Elias Sinkus
Adrian Alatorre
Adrian Barilleaux
Jason Batey
Travis Bloedel
Ilana Bower
Santi Castileja
Eric Chapman
Wendy Chard
Tony Chilson
Kayla Christopherson
Nicole Claverie
Matthew Cook
Nick Corbin
Erin Downey
Harrison Dschaack
Andrew Elkins
Chantel Elliott
Mitch Esplin
Kuol Deng Farag
Randy Florer
Kristin Gallagher
Lane Genovese
Michelle L. George
Grey Gerber
Ashley Goodell
Mackenzie Hall
Jeremy Hopwood
Greg Hough
Daysy Juarez
George Lee
Erin McKay
Andrew McKeeth
Erin McKoy
Eric Moncada
Colby Morgan
Travis Murphy
Keith Nyeki
Jenn O'Hara
Kyle James D. Ochsner
Tomoko Ono
Lindsey Parker
Alexandra Phipps
Tauni Roberson
Shannen Sauret
Mike Shaw
Trevor Shelton
Tyler Shockey
Lucas Silvers
Sandra Steinfelt
Sydney Sullivan
Mark Takagi
Kevin Talley
Camille Tarver
Chris Taylor
Michael Scott Therrien
Joel Tweedy
Zane Van Middendorp
Michele Wood
Kelsey Woodfield
Nathan Young