Elaine Bailey, an associate in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Real Estate Department, has been appointed chair of the Special Olympics Colorado Young Professionals Board (YPB). Bailey has been involved with the organization for years, serving as a law clerk in 2016 and a member of its board since 2019, where she has held a variety of roles on the executive team including events chair, secretary/treasurer and vice chair.
In her new position, Bailey will guide the board’s direction in 2024 and serve as resource for all executive team members and general board members. Additionally, she will work directly with Special Olympics Colorado representatives to ensure that the YPB meets the organization’s goals.
“I want to help individuals with intellectual disabilities enjoy the same sports that I enjoy participating in,” she said.
The Special Olympics Colorado YPB helps promote the organization’s mission to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendships with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
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