On June 5^th at 10:00am EDT / 7:00am PDT, we will welcome Brandon M. Fitzgerald, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Board of Directors for the Special Olympics.  For those not familiar, Special Olympics is a global sports movement for everyone that unleashes the human spirit through programming in sports, health, education and leadership, tackling the inactivity, stigma, isolation, and injustice that people with intellectual disabilities face.  After receiving his B.A from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Virginia, Mr. Fitzgerald began his career in private practice at law firms including Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.  He then went in-house at Choice Hotels and US Foods, then becoming Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association—a nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of diversity in the legal profession. He followed that with eight years at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) before moving to the Special Olympics.  Fitzgerald is active in the ACC as Membership Chair for the Nonprofit Organizations Network and as one of the Co-Chairs of the Corporate Scholars Program for the National Capital Region Chapter (ACC NCR), as a result . Since its inception in 2003, the Corporate Scholars Program has provided summer internships and awarded over $1.85M in stipends to almost 200 diverse law students. ACC NCR recognized him in 2019 for his service to the chapter.