Julia Ray
Program Director, Disabled Sports USA
Julia has been working with Disabled Sports USA since 2003. During her tenure she has been instrumental in getting individuals with disabilities, including youth and wounded warriors involved in adaptive sports. Julia oversees all of DSUSA’s programs, including Warfighter Sports, Adapt2Achieve, Empower YOUth Sports and The Hartford Ski Spectacular. Prior to joining DSUSA, she worked in United Kingdom in inclusive sports programming, exercise testing and international doping control. She is a certified gymnastics coach, SCUBA diver and has many years’ experience in the development and expansion of sports programs for people with disabilities. Julia received a B.S. (HONS) in Sports Administration and Management from Nottingham Trent University. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two daughters.