Episode 59 - Kristen Hartley

Kristen Hartley, Director of Operations at the Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games,  (recorded 6 August 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com.

WARM UP
00:28 - Kristen joins from Switzerland!

PRELIMS
04:13 - Road trip to SLOC
08:57 - Mountains or beaches?

QUARTERFINALS
11:10 - Move out to venue
12:50 - A super new manager

SEMIFINALS
17:51 - Memories better than reality?
20:59 - People helping through the years

FINALS
24:15 - Weather during test events
26:42 - Forklifts and porta-johns

MIXED ZONE
31:10 - Certified forklift instructor
33:40 - The post-SLOC journey

COOL DOWN
40:08 - Re-creating SLOC?
42:04 - Final questions