Maryann Gonzalez | Special Olympics Board Member

Maryann is an active athlete for over 45 years. She has played 10 sports and officiated Softball and Volleyball, 5 World games and 4 USA games. Maryann is the first group athletes to serve on the United State Leadership Council and first to sit on the North American Leader Council. She was one of two athletes to propose to the United States Leadership Council to offer National Games in the USA like other countries. In the past, Maryann was also County Coordinator for Sumter County for 5 years, a coach for 5 different sports including Unified sports and served on the management team for Sumter and Lake Counties. Her roles in Athlete Leadership have been: Chair of the County, State Athlete Input Council, Chair of the State Athlete Congress and served on the Board of Directors of Florida until employed by Special Olympics Florida in the sport department. In her new role, in addition to helping with sport events and presentations, is to obtain and share athlete feedback to help make changes for the athletes we serve. Maryann now serves on the Board Directors for the 2022 USA Special Olympics Games-Orlando. Maryann was inducted into Special Olympics Florida Hall of Fame, 1999.