Dr. Julie Malley has over thirty years of experience practicing as a chiropractor specializing in sports medicine. She has spent her career providing sports medicine supporting athletes from the cradle to podium at the amateur, professional. and Olympic level. She has worked the Olympic trials in both 2016 and 2021 and worked the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.  She is currently working with many Olympic hopefuls for the 2024 games in Paris.

In her spare time, she competes as a U.S. Masters swimmer, and has served as a volunteer Special Olympics swim coach for four years. She describes her swimming career as one that started at the bottom of the pool with a near drowning experience at a very young age.  She values the importance of teaching EVERYONE how to swim. She has a vision for increasing the number of members for USADSS as she understands the value of exercise, goal setting, and competition as a growth opportunity for every single athlete.  

Julie's passion and dedication to support USADSS was sparked last year when a local athlete, Alexis Unter, qualified for the 2022 World Championship team. That experience continues to fuel Julie’s desire to help all USADSS athletes achieve their dreams as a USADSS Board Director. Her heart is for inclusion of USADSS athletes in all levels of sport and working to open doors of opportunity for USADSS athletes to compete year-round. She sees the need of engaging in continued exercise for health, fitness, and most of all fun.  She is ready to dive in and support USADSS in reaching new goals for 2024 and beyond. Julie's years of working with USA Swimming and Special Olympics will assist USADSS in expanding and developing relationships with both organizations. 

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Paris grew up recreationally swimming for Dynamo Swim Club. She began her coaching career in Atlanta at her summer league pool as an assistant coach. She moved to the Northern Virginia area in 1993 attending boarding school. She attended George Mason University studying Business.

After serving as a developmental age group coach for a few years, in 2001 Paris co-founded Machine Aquatics, where she served as team manager and age group coach until 2009 when she stepped off the deck as a full time Machine coach to run the dry side team operations and be mom. 

Since its inception in 2001, Machine Aquatics has grown into Machine Brands which encompasses four divisions.  Machine Aquatics, a nationally ranked USA Swimming competitive team with seven training sites and 1100+ members, Machine Swim School, a large swim school providing 800+ lessons weekly, Machine Performance Center, a 24,000 sq. ft. performance center for swim, fitness, KICKR bike studio, physical therapy.

Paris serves as CEO of Machine Brands overseeing the business operation and development of all divisions. After a long volunteer career within USA Swimming and USA Swimming Foundation, Paris served as a business development consultant for The American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) from 2015-2017 and the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the American Swim Coaches Association from 2018-2020.  Paris also served as Senior Management Advisor for the Inaugural Season of the International Swimming League in 2019 & 2020 where one of many her duties included overseeing the event operations all of the competitions in the United States.

Paris has two children Lillyan (19) who is a Sophomore at the University of South Carolina studying exercise science and neuroscience, and Daniel, III (18) who a Senior in High School.

Dian Christensen-Hillis has been teaching children with developmental disabilities how to swim for 50+ years. With inspiration from her daughter, she was intentional as she created opportunities to elevate swimmers with disabilities in the USA. In 1991, she started a Special Olympics swim program at a YMCA to provide an extended sport experience.

In 2006, 2010, & 2014, she was named the Head Coach for swimming for Nebraska at the Special Olympics National Games, and in 2010 she served on the Games Board of Directors.

She went on to coach several times at the Special Olympics Global Games; In 2007, as a USA Assistant Coach in Shanghai, Republic of China; in 2011 in Athens Greece as USA’s Head Coach for swimming; as the Head Coach at a global meet in 2012 in Puerto Rico; and as Head Coach at the World Games in California in 2015.

In 2011, Dian joined the Michael Phelps Foundation as an IM Ambassador where she assisted with the implementation of the IM Program for Special Olympics coaches and athletes.

In 2019, she was named Assistant Coach for Open Water in Abu Dhab, was the trainer for the North America Special Olympics IM Program in Arizona, and she assisted Special Olympics Sports Resource Team with the production and revision of the 2020 Swimming Coaching guide. In 2020 and 2021, Dian trained Special Olympics coaches and athletes using an innovative virtual Michael Phelps Foundation/Special Olympics IM Program.

Grasy Noriega brings tremendous experience in Artistic swimming, marketing and fundraising. She is a Team Administrator/Manager/Coach of an Artistic Swimming Team (@miramarmermaids), a National Level Judge, a Trustee of USA Artistic Swimming Foundation, and a Board Member of Synchronized Swimming Southeast Florida Association.

Grasy is passionate about artistic swimming and inclusion. Grasy knows how to get things done, and she is already creatively including T21 Swim Warriors in artistic swimming practices and competitions. She is working USADSS Partner, USA Artistic Swimming to improve opportunities for the AWD (Athletes With Disabilities) category in the United States. She is also working with the Down Syndrome International Swimming Organisation to further the sport of Artistic Swimming on an international scale.

Grasy provides support to the Artistic National Coaching staff, and provides technical assistance to the Board.

Rick Klatt joins the board with 40 years of experience in all aspects of competitive swimming. He was the Aquatics Director of Special Olympics International for 4 years, a member of USA Swimming’s Disability Committee for ~5 years, he swam on 2 USA Swimming National Teams including the 1st World Championship in 1973, is an ASCA Level 4 Certified Coach, and runs the Fresno Dolphins swim team out of Fresno, CA.

Rick provides support to the Competitive National Coaching staff, and provides technical assistance to the Board.

Patti Chen is a parent of T21 Swim Warrior, Tom out of Portage, MI. Patti was a competitive swimmer herself, and is a certified Special Olympics Coach and volunteer. She works part time at Best Upon Request at Bronson hospital, and volunteers with a number of local nonprofits including Meals on Wheels. Patti’s passion is to advocate for high expectations for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. She is excited work with USA Down Syndrome Swimming to affect change in the USA.

Judy Jurries is a founding Board Director and the current USADSS President. Judy earned dual degrees in Psychology and Business Administration from the College of St. Benedict (Mn) where she played tennis for 4 years. She earned an M.S. in Exercise and Sport Science with an Emphasis in Sport Administration from UW-LaCrosse. She went on to be the Assistant Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach at UW-L. She was the PGA Tour Event Administrator for the Greater Milwaukee Open, and the VIP Event Coordinator for the WTA Tour Family Circle Cup. After moving to Wisconsin, she was the Special Events Coordinator for the St. Germain Chamber for 3 years and is currently happy to be the Lakeland Union High School Girls Assistant Tennis Coach. Judy co-owns JJ’s Acres, a Garden Center and Landscaping Business. She is a past President and current member of the Lakeland Noon Rotary Club, and a three-time Paul Harris Award Recipient.