AS (Additional Staff) perform a number of important duties not only during the Games, but also in the massive effort that goes into preparing for the Games. AS Coaches will help with medical needs, chaperone duties, administrative work and even laundry to keep Team Kentucky looking great on the field or in the pool. They have one of the most important — and least glamorous — in the Team Kentucky effort.

Trish Mazzoni will serve as the Head of Delegation for Team Kentucky at the National Games, charged will oversight of all administrative functions for the team. She is currently the Executive Vice President for Special Olympics Kentucky and has worked with the organization for 23 years. She oversees all day-to-day operations for the program statewide. Prior to joining the Special Olympics Kentucky staff she served as a volunteer for the organization. Mazzoni is a veteran of many Special Olympics World Games events and served as the Head of Delegation for Team USA's Great Lakes region for the 2003 World Summer Games in Dublin, Ireland, and for the 2007 World Summer Games in Shanghai, China. She resides in Lexington

Kim Satterwhite, the Special Olympics Kentucky Senior Program Director, will serve as the Team Kentucky Assistant Head of Delegation, a role she also held at the 2006 Special Olympics USA National Games. The Frankfort resident has been with Special Olympics Kentucky state office for 13 years and served as a volunteer prior to that. This will be her third major Special Olympics competition. She also served as an AS Coach for Team USA for the 2003 World Summer Games in Dublin , Ireland.

 

Mark Buerger, the Communications Director for Special Olympics Kentucky, will serve as the AS Coach responsible for Media Services for Team Kentucky. Buerger will handle photography, web updates and updates to local Kentucky media for all athletes during the Games. While tis will be his first event as an official member of the Team Kentucky staff, Buerger handled similar responsibilities for Team Kentucky the 2006 USA National Games in Ames, Iowa. Buerger, who has been on the Special Olympics Staff for eight years is a Northern Kentucky native and now resides in Lexington

 

Longtime Special Olympics Kentucky volunteer Jeff Corder of Bowling Green will serve as the AS Coach responsible for Team Kentucky's medical care and preparations. Corder has worked with Special Olympics for 12 years as a part of the Kentucky Special Events Medical Team that provides emergency medical services at all Special Olympics Kentucky competitions. He will be responsible for treatment and health evaluations for the entire Team Kentucky delegation.

 

Julie Coon, of Harrodsburg, will be making her first trip to a Special Olympics Competition as an AS Coach, but it is far from her first major Special Olympics competition. Coon, a team member at Dana Corp., has been part of Team Kentucky or Team USA coaching staffs for Special Olympics World Summer Games in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007. Coon, who manages the Equestrian program for Special Olympics Kentucky, most recently served as the Head Equestrian Coach for Team USA at the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai, China.

Melissa Hardison of Frankfort is a member of the Special Olympics Kentucky State Office Staff, serving as the Senior Field Services Director for the program. Her involvement with Special Olympics, however, goes back farther than her role with the State Office. She has long been involved in the program both as a former Special Education teacher in the Franklin County School System and as a volunteer. Her brother John is a Special Olympics athlete. Hardison also served as an AS Coach for the 2006 Special Olympics USA National Games in Ames, Iowa.

Erin Young will serve as an Administrative Coach with Team Kentuckyfor the first time. Young has been on the Special Olympics staff as the Program Director for Team Sports for four years, overseeing basketball, softball and soccer. A Frankfort native, Young now resides in Louisville.

 

 

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