Area 6 Coordinator & Chairperson
Meg Powell
AreaCoordinator@Area6SOVA.org

Treasurer
Mike Duncan
Treasurer@Area6SOVA.org

Tournament Director
Richard Koch
Competition@Area6SOVA.org

Event Manager
Maggie Disney
Events@Area6SOVA.org

Fundraising Chair
George Scott
Fundraising@Area6SOVA.org

Athlete Representative
Crystal Fowler
AthleteRep@Area6SOVA.org

Volunteer Coordinator
Darren Scrimpshire
Volunteers@Area6SOVA.org

Local Coordinators:

Charles City
Donna & Jerry Overby
CharlesCity@Area6SOVA.org

Chesterfield County
Karin Koch
Chesterfield@Area6SOVA.org

Chesterfield County School Program
Marjorie Loya
ChesterfieldSchools@Area6SOVA.org

Goochland County
Jayne Hancock
Goochland@Area6SOVA.org

Hanover County
Beth Stodulski
Hanover@Area6SOVA.org

Henrico County
Betsy Hall
Pam Horner
Henrico@Area6SOVA.org

Henrico County School Program
Judy Hall
HenricoSchools@Area6SOVA.org

New Kent County
Robin McLaine
Deana Sun
NewKent@Area6SOVA.org

Powhatan County
Pat Fowler
Powhatan@Area6SOVA.org

Council Bios:

Mike Duncan - Treasurer

I first began volunteering with Special Olympics in 2005 with the Alpine Skiing event. I am now involved in many SOVA activities such as a management team member for the Summer Games, a referee for the Basketball Championships, a Little Feet Meet Volunteer and instructor for Alpine Skiing. I grew up in Fauquier County and went to college at Virginia Tech. I moved to Richmond in 2001 and worked for KPMG. I am currently employed with Insmed Incorporated. I truly enjoy volunteering in the community and love working with the athletes.

Crystal Fowler - Athlete Representative

Crystal has been involved in Special Olympics sports since 1992. She is active in tennis, softball, volleyball, basketball, and bowling. She has participated in swimming, roller skating, and track & field.

She has represented Virginia at three World Games competitions in Tennis, winning various medals including a gold in 1999.

Crystal loves being involved in Special Olympics sports and sometimes volunteers to help the skills athletes.

Pat Fowler - Powhatan

I have been a volunteer for Special Olympics sports since my daughter, Crystal, started playing tennis in 1992. I became Powhatan County Coordinator in 1994, and have been coach or assistant coach in all the sports available to Powhatan athletes.

Currently, Powhatan offers volleyball, softball, basketball, track & field, and tennis.

Betsy Hall - Henrico

My first involvement with Special Olympics was in the early 80s when my daughter, Lisa, started doing swimming and track/field at her school. I am one of the coordinators for the Henrico County Adult Program. One of my jobs is maintaining the medicals for the athletes in Henrico County. I also schedule the schools and playing fields for our practices which consist of: soccer, volleyball, bowling, swimming, basketball, bocce, softball, tennis, track & field, alpine skiing, golf and rhythmic gymnastics. I played softball for a couple of years and am now the coach of the team. Special Olympics is a large part of my life, giving me the chance to be involved with the parents, guardians, counselors and most importantly the athletes.

Jayne Hancock - Goochland

I first became involved in Special Olympics eight years ago as a coach and chaperone in Goochland County. I took the coordinator job seven years ago. Goochland started with 3 athletes nine years ago. I have been a Special Education teacher in Goochland for the past 32 years. I have assisted coaching soccer, basketball, and track & field sports. We have added a 7-on-7 soccer team, a 5-on-5 basketball team, and will soon add swimming. I have been able to get the high school to recognize the students for the sports they participate in by giving them varsity letters and pins. We have gone from taking the studetns to games by car to getting county buses to transport our athletes to competitions just like any other high school athletes. We are very fortunate to have the support of our high school Athletic Director and county-wide administrator support. Our next step will be to try to expand to offer other sport participation opportunities. The athletes wanted to be the Bulldogs just like their high school. The students helped design the uniforms down to the color choices. Many of our athletes continued participating after graduation.

Special Olympics has become part of my life. The athletes look forward to practices and games. They are very appreciative of our efforts to assist them in participating in sports. I believe that the relationship established with the athletes during Special Olympics filters over to assist in establishing a positive student/teacher relationship. The students start in Special Olympics in elementary school and feel very comfortable with their move to the high school because of the relationship I already have with them though Special Olympics.

Pam Horner - Henrico

I have been involved in Special Olympics as a parent since 1977 in Hampton, VA. When I moved back to Richmond in 1981, I got both of my sons involved in the Henrico School Based Program and I came on the council in 1987 as Trip Coordinator as it was called then. Then somewhere along the way I became co-coordinator with Betsy Hall for Henrico County Adults and have been involved in that ever since.

Karin Koch - Chesterfield

Karin was born in Germany and emigrated to the United States at the age of 6. She grew up in Western New York, and has lived in New York City, Maryland and Virginia. Karin has a Masters Degree in Secondary Education-Science. She has two children, Jonathan who has special needs, and Michelle who attends VCU and works at Macy’s. Her husband of 37 years, Richard is a director of accounting for UPS Freight in Richmond. Karin is employeed by the Board of Education of Chesterfield County.

Karin is the volunteer coordinator for the comumunity-based program for Chesterfield County. She also coaches aquatics, swim skills, softball, bowling and has partnered in softball and golf. Karin and her family were named Family of the Year by SOVA in 1998.

Richard Koch - Chesterfield

Richard Koch was born in Buffalo, NY and grew up in Western New York State. He has lived in New York City, Western Maryland and Chesterfield County,
Virginia. Richard is the Director of Accounting for UPS Freight in
Richmond. He is a CPA and a graduate of Clarkson University in New York
State.

He has been a volunteer for Special Olympics Virginia Area 6 since 1996. He is currently serving in the role of tournament competition director. He
also coaches teams in Chesterfield County in Softball, Soccer and
Basketball and is a partner for his son Jonathan in Golf. His wife, Karin,
is the local coordinator for Chesterfield County community-based programs.

Marjorie Loya - Chesterfield County Schools Program

Marjorie Loya began volunteering with Special Olympics in 1982. She served as Local Coordinator for Chesterfield County for many years, and was responsible for introducing Unified Sports to Area 6. She currently is the Local Coordinator for Special Olympics in Chesterfield County Public Schools, and focuses on increasing athlete and teacher participation. Marjorie  teaches youth with exceptional needs at Salem Church Middle School, and is an outspoken advocate of the positive impact that Special Olympics has on all students.

In addition to coordinating local programs, Marjorie has coached eight different sports, emphasizing participation and improvement in social skills. She served as Head Athletics Coach for Team Virginia at the inaugural Special Olympics National Games held in Ames, Iowa in 2006. She has been honored as SOVA Coach of the Year in 1994 and as recipient of the Virginia H. Foster Winning Spirit Award in 2006.

Serving Special Olympics and their families is a calling for her, and it has become her ministry.

Donna & Jerry Overby - Charles City

We first became involved in Special Olympics about 4 years ago. Special Olympics opened new doors for our son, Jonathan, who has Downs Syndrome. Our experience began in Hopewell, but we decided to bring Special Olympics to Charles City since we didn’t have a program in our area. In Fall 2007 we began with a bowling program. In Spring 2008 we added Track & Field (Athletics). Now in our 2nd year, we offer sports programs in Basketball, Bowling (Fall, Winter & Spring), Aquatics and Track & Field. We also plan to start Softball, pending the level of interest.

Meg Powell - Area Coordinator

Meg Powell has always had a passion for sports. She has participated in an organized sport of some kind since she was 10 years old on many different levels, from a player to an official to a coach to an organizer. She was introduced to Special Olympics - Virginia and Area 6 while playing softball with several other Special Olympic volunteers. Since then, Meg has coached youth and adult 3-on-3 basketball teams for Henrico. She plays on the Henrico Hurricanes softball team. Meg also works with the Hanover/Henrico golf program as a coach/partner. Meg lives in Richmond and has all her life. She is employed with Verizon as a second level manager in the Global Network Planning organization. In her spare time, she likes boating, reading and music.

George R. Scott - Fundraising Director

George joined SOVA Area 6 in June 2008 as the Fundraising Director. A native of Richmond, his first experience with Special Olympics was as an Area 6 ski coach for a day trip to Wintergreen Mountain Resort. He was the Fundraising Co-Chair at Northwestern to Benefit Special Olympics, the nation’s largest and oldest student run S.O. chapter. He has coached S.O. track & field, conditioning, soccer, and alpine skiing. He also mentored athletes in reading and math. He is the current Henrico Alpine Skiing coach.

George graduated in 2004 from Trinity Episcopal School in Richmond. In 2008, he graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering. He is now earning an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Beth Stodulski - Hanover

My long-time dream has been to work with special needs people in a good life-changing way. Part of my dream was fulfilled when I started working with SOVA in March 2007. Since that time I have become as involved as possible in every sport offered by Hanover. I became the Hanover coordinator in February 2008 when long-time (12 years) coordinators Mike and Kathy Healey stepped down. It has been a challenging yet very rewarding experience. The athletes touch my life in ways that I couldn’t have imagined before having the pleasure of working with them. In hoping to make a positive life-changing difference in their lives I feel that I am the one benefitting instead. Every volunteer, young and old, that I have talked to has said that their lives will never be the same once meeting the amazing athletes.

Deana Sun - New Kent

Deana Sun has been involved with Special Olympics for over 3 years as a parent volunteer and county coordinator. She has two autistic sons, both of which have been involved in many sports (track & field, bowling, gymnastics, wrestling, martial arts, baseball, cycling, and alpine skiing) at various levels (community, school and Special Olympic based programs) and as a family.

Robin McLaine