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Regional English Language Officers Worldwide

English Language Officers (RELOs) organize and participate in teacher training seminars and workshops, advise posts on questions pertaining to English teaching, conduct needs assessments, and offer guidance on all aspects of an academic program. RELOs consult with host-country ministry, university, and teacher-training officials, as well as lecture and present workshops on EFL methodology and practices. RELOs also work closely with English Language Specialists, English Language Fellows, and U.S. Embassy-related English Language Programs (Binational Centers, and U.S. Embassy English Teaching Programs).

In addition to Washington-based RELOs, seventeen officers are assigned overseas:

Africa (AF)

• Dakar, Senegal – West Africa

• Pretoria, S. Africa – Southern Africa, Madagascar

East Asia and Pacific (EAP)

• Bangkok, Thailand – Southeast Asia and Taiwan

• Beijing, China - Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia

• Jakarta, Indonesia – Pacific East Asia

Europe and Eurasia (EUR)

• Ankara, Turkey

• Budapest, Hungary – Central and Eastern Europe

• Kyiv, Ukraine - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

• Moscow, Russia

Near East (NEA)

• Amman, Jordan - Gaza/West Bank, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

• Cairo, Egypt - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen

• Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates

• Rabat, Morocco - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Western Hemisphere (WHA)

• Lima, Peru – Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela

• Mexico City, Mexico – Mexico and Central America

• Santiago, Chile Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay

South and Central Asia (SCA)

• Astana, Kazakhstan – Central Asia

• New Delhi, India – South Asia
  

Washington-based Staff

• John Connerley, Office Director

RELOs

• Eran Williams, Programs Branch Chief

• Maria Snarski, Materials Branch Chief

• Fife MacDuff, English Language Officer

• Thomas W. Santos, English Language Officer

• Bradley Horn, English Language Officer

To contact Washington staff, send E-mail messages to english@state.gov.

Africa (AF)

Southern Africa, Madagascar

Robert Lindsey
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
PAS - RELO
American Embassy Pretoria
9300 Pretoria Place
Washington, D.C. 20521-9300

International mailing address:
PAS - RELO
American Embassy
P.O. Box 9536
Pretoria, 0001, SOUTH AFRICA

Embassy Phone: +27-12-431-4000
Office Phone: +27-12-431-4215 (431-4208, 431-4000 x4215 or x4208)
Office Fax: +27-12-431-4618
E-mail: lindseyrl@state.gov
Web site: http://southafrica.usembassy.gov/

RELO Assistant: Francinah Magoro
Phone: +27-12-431-4208
Fax: +27-12-431-4618
E-mail: magorofm@state.gov

West Africa

Alice Murray
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
Department of State
2130 Dakar Place
Washington, DC 20521-2130

International mailing address:
Public Diplomacy Office
Kleber Building #2
B.P. 49
Dakar, SENEGAL

Embassy Phone: (221) 33-829-2100, ext. 3110 (221)-33-829-2220
Office Fax: (221) 33-822-23-45
E-mail: MurrayAM@state.gov
Web site: usembassy.state.gov/dakar/wwwhreloen.html

RELO Assistant: Khalil Ndiaye
Phone: (221) 33-829-2100, ext. 3107 or (221) 33-829-2392
E-mail: ndiayek@state.gov

East Asia and Pacific (EAP)

China, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia

Damon Anderson
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
American Embassy Beijing-PAS
PSC 461 Box 50
FPO AP 96521-0002

Embassy Phone: 86-10-6532-3831
Office Phone: 86-10-6532-1161 ext. 7604
Office Fax: 86-10-6532-2213
E-mail: andersonda2@state.gov

RELO Assistant: Wang Ping
Phone: 86-10-6532-1161 ext. 7348
E-mail: wangpx1@state.gov

Pacific East Asia

Michael Rudder
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
American Embassy Jakarta
Unit 8129
FPO AP 96520-8129

International mailing address:
PAS-RELO/U.S. Embassy
Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan 3-5
Jakarta Pusat, INDONESIA

Office Phone: 62-21-3435-9528
Office Fax: 62-21-352-0144
E-mail: RudderME2@state.gov
Web site: www.usembassyjakarta.org/relo.html

RELO Assistant: Maria Pia Kun Herrini
Phone: 62-21-352-0622
E-mail: relojkt1@cbn.net.id

Southeast Asia and Taiwan

John Scacco
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
US Embassy Bangkok
Unit 8149
Box 48
APO, AP 96546

International mailing address:
95 Wireless Road
10330 Bangkok, Thailand

Office Phone: 66-2- 205-4493
Office Fax: 66-2-650-8923
E-mail: ScaccoJA@state.gov

RELO Assistant: Phanisara Logsdon (Nina)
Phone: 66-2-205-4492; Fax: 66-2-650-8923
E-mail: Phanisara@state.gov

Europe and Eurasia (EUR)

Central/Eastern Europe

Temporarily Vacant
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
PAS
5270 Budapest Pl
Washington, DC 20521

International mailing address:
American Embassy - Public Affairs Section
Bank Center Building
Szabadsag ter 7
H-1054 Budapest, HUNGARY

Office Phone: (36-1) 475-4565
Office Fax: (36-1) 475-4712
Web site: http://budapest.usembassy.gov/relo.html

RELO Assistant: Gergö Sántha
Phone: (36-1) 475-4328
E-mail: santhag@state.gov

Turkey

Craig Dicker
ACAO for English Language Programs

International mailing address:
American Embassy Ankara
110 Ataturk Blvd
Kavaklidere, 06100
Ankara, TURKEY

Embassy Phone: 90-312-455-5555 ext 7438
Office Fax: 90-312-457-7366
E-mail: dickercl@state.gov
Web site:http://turkey.usembassy.gov/english_language_programs.html

RELO Assistant: Aycan Yaman
Phone: 90-312-455-5555 ext 7347
E-mail: yamana@state.gov

Ukraine and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Belarus, and Georgia

Lisa Harshbarger
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. Mailing Address:
American Embassy
5850 Kiev Place
Washington DC 20521-5850

International Mailing Address:
Public Affairs Section
U.S. Embassy
4, Hlybochytska Street
04050 Kyiv, UKRAINE

Office Phone: 380-44-490-4125
Office Fax: 380-44-490-4050
E-mail: relo@usembassy.kiev.ua
Web site: www.usembassy.kiev.ua/relo_eng.html

RELO Assistant: Alyona Sukhinina
Phone: 380-44-490-4145
E-mail: relo@usembassy.kiev.ua

Russia

David Fay
Public Diplomacy Officer for English Language Programs

International mailing address:
American Embassy Moscow
Devyatinsky Perulok, bl 8
Moscow 121099, RUSSIA

Office Phone: 7-095 728-5000 ext. 5078 or 5861
Office Fax: 7-095-728-5262
E-mail: moscowelo@state.gov
Web site: www.usembassy.ru/english

Cultural Affairs Specialist/ELO: Elena N. Lubnina
Phone: 7-095 728-5078
E-mail: moscowelo@state.gov

Cultural Affairs Assistant: Natalie Fomenko
Phone: 7-095-728-5078
E-mail: moscowelo@state.gov

Near East (NEA)

Bahrain and Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates

Rebecca Smoak
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
Public Affairs Section
American Embassy Manama
PSC 451 Box 255
FPO AE 09834-5100

International mailing address:
PO Box 26431
Manama, BAHRAIN

Office Phone: 973-17-242913
Office Fax: 973-17-242726
E-mail: smoakrb@state.gov

RELO Assistant: Fatema Hashem
Phone: 973-17-242857
E-mail: hashemf@state.gov

Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Yemen

George Scholz
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
American Embassy Cairo
Unit 64900, Box 24
APO AE 09839-4900

International mailing address:
American Embassy Cairo
8 Kamal El Din Salah St.
Garden City, Cairo, EGYPT

Embassy Phone: 20-2-2797 3300
Office Phone: 20-2-2797 3653
Office Fax: 20-2-2797 3667
E-mail: scholzge@state.gov
Web site: http://egypt.usembassy.gov/pa/relo.htm

RELO Cultural Specialist: Heshaam Kanona
Phone: 20-2-2797-3250
E-mail: kanonaha@state.gov

RELO Programs Assistant: Suzette Zaki
Phone: 20-2-2797-2861
E-mail: ZakiSF@state.gov

Jordan and Gaza/West Bank, Israel, Lebanon, Syria

Rick Rosenberg
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
American Embassy Amman
Unit 70205
APO AE 09892-0205

International mailing address:
American Embassy Amman
PO BOX 354
Abdoun 11118
Amman, JORDAN

Office Phone: 962-6-590-6533
Embassy Phone: 962-6-590-6000 ext 6533
Office Fax: 962-6-592-0023
E-mail: RosenbergRP@state.gov
Web site: http://www.usembassy-amman.org.jo/user/SectionView.aspx?PNodeId=999

RELO Assistant: Salwa Rihani
Office Phone: 962-6-590-6514
Embassy Phone: 962-6-590-6000 ext 6514
E-mail: rihanis@state.gov

Morocco and Algeria, Libya, Tunisia

Ruth Petzold
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
American Embassy Rabat
PSC 74, Box 21
APO, AE 09718

International mailing address:
Embassy of the U.S.A.
2 Avenue Mohammed El Fassi
10 000 Rabat MOROCCO

Office Phone: 212-37-66-81-17
Office Fax: 212-37-66-82-84
RELO e-mail: PetzoldRE@state.gov
Web site: http://www.usembassy.ma/usmission/pas/relo/relo.htm
http://tunis.usembassy.gov/english_language_program.html

RELO Assistant: Abdellatif Khadra
Phone: 212-37-66-91-78
E-mail: KhadraAB@state.gov

Western Hemisphere (WHA)

Chile and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay

Joëlle Uzarski
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
RELO/PA
Unit 3460
Box 141
DPO, AA  34033-0141

International mailing address:
Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América
AV. Andrés Bello 2800
Las Condes
Santiago, CHILE

Office Phone: 56-2-330-3557
Office Fax: 56-2-330-3019
E-mail: UzarskiJ@state.gov

RELO Assistant: Marcela Hidalgo
Phone: 56-2-330-3557
E-mail:HidalgoMC@state.gov

Mexico and Central America

Kay Davis
English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
PAS
PO Box 9000
Brownsville, TX 78520

International mailing address:
U.S. Embassy
Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin
Liverpool No. 31, Col. Juarez
06600 Mexico, D.F.

Office Phone: 52-55-5080-2784
Office Fax: 52-55-5566-0582
E-mail: DavisKM@state.gov
Web site: www.usembassy-mexico.gov

RELO Assistant: Jose Manuel Villafuerte
Phone: 52-55-5080-2000, ext. 4680
E-mail: VillafuerteJM@state.gov

Peru and Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

Kitty Johnson
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
Unit 3770
APO AA 34031

International mailing address:
Seccion de Prensa y Cultura
Embajada de los Estados Unidos
Av La Encalada cuadra 17
Monterrico, Lima 33 PERU

Office Phone: 51-1-618-2565
RELO Fax: 51-1-618-2725
E-mail: JohnsonKA2@state.gov

RELO Assistant: Marcela Raffo
Office Phone: 51-1-618-2110
E-mail: raffomm@state.gov

South and Central Asia (SCA)

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan

Andrea Schindler
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
Department of State
2230 Astana Place
Washington, DC 20521-2230

International mailing address:
AK Bulak 4,
Str. 23-22, building #3, Astana 010010
Astana, Kazakhstan

Office phone: +7 7172 70 2311
Office fax: +7 7172 70 2388
E-mail: schindlerad@state.gov

RELO Assistant Olga Paterova
Office phone: +7 7172 70 2117
Email: PaterovaO@state.gov

South Asia

Richard Boyum
Regional English Language Officer

U.S. mailing address:
9000 New Delhi Place
Dulles, VA 21089

International mailing address:
American Center Public Affairs
24 Kasturba Ghandi Marg
New Delhi 110001, INDIA

Office Phone: 91-11-2331-6841
Office Fax: 91-11-2372-2637
E-mail: boyumra@state.gov

RELO Assistant: Rajni Badlani
Phone: 91-11-2331-6841 x2317
E-mail: badlanir@state.gov

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