Deng Pufang (born 16 April 1944) is the first son of Deng Xiaoping and his third wife Zhuo Lin. He is considered a member of the Crown Prince Party. During the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping and his family were targeted by Mao Zedong; Mao's Red Guards imprisoned Deng Pufang. He was tortured and forced out of the window of a four-story building, becoming a paraplegic. Deng Pufang is currently the chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, …

York Chow Yat Ngok is the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food of Hong Kong. He is a member of the Executive Council. He was appointed to his current position in 2004. Chow is an orthopaedic surgeon by profession. He was appointed Hospital Chief Executive of Queen Mary Hospital in 2001. Chow was appointed a Vice-President of the International Paralympic Committee in 1997. During his studies in The University of Hong Kong since 1967, he stayed in St.

Piotr Iwanicki (May 15, 1984) - multiple wheelchair World Latin Champion. Winner of wheelchair dancing World Cup and European Championships. In 2006 Iwanicki has been one of the most accomplished wheelchair dancers in the world. He has won four world championships, two European Championships and seven Polish championships -- all between 1999-2006. He has also garnered a few World Cup crowns. Since 2002 he is dancing with able-bodied Dorota Janowska.

Matthew John Cowdrey (born 22 December, 1988) is an Australian swimmer and holder of numerous world records. He has a congenital amputation of his left arm; it stops at the elbow. Cowdrey competed at the 2004 Paralympic Games and the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Cowdrey competes in the International Paralympic Committee's S9 (freestyle, backstroke and butterfly) SB9 (breaststroke) and SM9 (individual medley) classifications; which comprise swimmers with a severe leg weakness, …

Stephen Eaton (born 15 September 1975, Toowoomba) is an Australian athlete from Queensland who competes at the national and international level in discus throwing and shot put at events such as the Paralympic Games, and International Paralympic Committee World Championships. He won Bronze for discus at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta, and Silver for men's discus in the Athletics Australia National Championships in 1999.

Dr. Mike Ferrara is an Associate Professor in Exercise Science and Curriculum Director of Athletic Training in June 1998 after serving for 13 years as the athletic training program director at Ball State University. He received his doctorate from Penn State University, master's from Michigan State University, and undergraduate degree from Ithaca College in New York. Dr. Ferrara also served at Northwestern University for 3 years before going to Ball State University.

Lucian Gillis graduated in 1974 with a B.S. from the University of Alabama, and in 1977 with a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law. He began his law practice as a Deputy District Attorney in Birmingham Alabama. In 1980, he entered private practice in Mobile, Alabama. In 1991, he relocated in Atlanta and has since been based here.

Greg has had an extensive career in sports administration, spanning 25 years. He is currently President of the Australian Paralympic Committee and the Oceania Paralympic Committee and is on the governing board of the International Paralympic Committee. He was Deputy Chair of the Sydney Paralympic Games Organising Committee. Greg was the inaugural Chief Executive of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) from 1984 – 88 and was a member of the interim committee of the ASC in 1983.

Ann Cody Ann Cody is a Vice President with B & D Sagamore, a federal affairs consulting firm focusing on amateur sports, disability and health legislative and regulatory issues. She is a three-time Paralympian (1984, 1988, 1992) and Olympian (1988) in track and field. There are numerous national and international laws and doctrines that mandate equal opportunity and representation for women in sport.

Ms. Qualtrough is a member of the International Paralympic Committee's Legal Committee, and Director of Inclusion and Sport Tourism, and Legal Counsel for 2010 Legacies Now. She was a Mission Staff Member at four Paralympic Games, and a Paralympic swimmer with a bronze medal from Seoul and two bronze medals from Barcelona.

Dr. Fay has focused much of his research in the area of policy development and strategic management in sport organizations. His research has been specifically related to issues of integration and inclusion of racial/ethnic minorities, women and people with disabilities.

Dr. Heather Cameron has a PhD in Social and Political Thought from York University in Toronto Canada. She has boxing trainer and referee licenses from Canada and Germany. She leads the largest women and girls’ boxing club in Europe: BCS www.frauenamateurboxen.de where girls learn to box and also to learn about other cultures and take on leadership roles in their community.

David McCrae , Vice President of Special Projects , has extensive project and program development experience, encompassing a range of major sporting events in Europe and United States and was Assistant General Manager of Spectator Transportation Systems with the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the highly successful Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002.

Nancy Thibodeau has been volunteering for the Maine Winter Sports Center since 2000. During the 2004 Biathlon World Cup held in Fort Kent she held the position of Event Manager, International Paralympic Committee World Championships as Event Director and Jr World Biathlon Championship as Event Consultant. She currently holds the International Biathlon Union International Referee license.