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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 US Embassy English Teaching Programs).

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

Africa (AF)

• Dakar (Senegal) – Francophone West Africa
• Pretoria (S. Africa) – Southern Africa, Madagascar

East Asia and Pacific (EAP)

• Bangkok (Thailand) – East Asia
• Jakarta (Indonesia) – Southeast Asia

Europe and Eurasia (EUR)

• Ankara (Turkey)
• Budapest (Hungary) – Central/Eastern Europe
• Kiev (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine)
• Moscow (Russia)
• Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Central Asia

Near East (NEA)

• Amman (Gaza/West Bank, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria)
• Cairo (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
• Manama (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar)
• Rabat (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)

Western Hemisphere (WHA)

• Brasilia (Brazil) – Southern Cone
• San Jose (Costa Rica) – Central America
• Mexico City (Mexico)

Washington-based Staff

• John Connerley, Office Director

RELOs

• Kenneth Michael Jenson, Programs Branch Chief
• Johanna Kowitz, Materials Branch Chief
• Eran Williams, English Language Officer; Assistant Editor, English Teaching Forum

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

Africa (AF)

Francophone West Africa (Dakar)

Ruth Petzold
Regional English Language Officer

US mailing address:
Department of State
2130 Dakar Place
Washington, DC 20189-2130

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

Embassy Phone: 221-823-42-96, ext. 3110
Office Fax: 221-822-23-45
E-mail: petzoldre@state.gov
Web site: usembassy.state.gov/dakar/wwwhreloen.html

RELO Assistant: Khalil Ndiaye
Phone: 221-823-4296
E-mail: ndiayekx@state.gov

Southern Africa, Madagascar (Pretoria)

Robert Lindsey
Regional English Language Officer

US Mailing address:
Public Affairs - RELO
American Embassy Pretoria
9300 Pretoria Place
Washington, D.C. 20521-9300

International mailing address:
RELO - Public Affairs
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: usembassy.state.gov/southafrica/wwwhel1.html

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

East Asia and Pacific (EAP)

East Asia (Bangkok)

Richard Boyum
Regional English Language Officer

US Mailing address:
Richard Boyum
Unit 8149
Box 48
APO, AP 96546

International mailing address:
95 Wireless Road
Pathumwan,
10330 Bangkok
Thailand

Office Phone: (662) 205-4493
Office Fax: (662) 650-8923
E-mail: boyumra@state.gov

RELO Assistant: Niphaporn (Nina) Yamthongkam
Phone: 66-2-205-4492; Fax: (662) 650-8923
E-mail: niphaporn@state.gov

East Asia (Jakarta)

Damon Anderson
Regional English Language Officer

US Mailing address:
American Embassy Jakarta RELO
Unit 8129 PAS/RELO
FPO AP 96520-8129

International mailing address:
US Embassy
Public Affairs/RELO
Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan 3-5
Jakarta Pusat, INDONESIA

Office Phone: 62-21-3435-9528
Office Fax: 62-21-352-0144
E-mail: andersonda2@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

Europe and Eurasia (EUR)

Central/Eastern Europe (Budapest)

Craig Dicker
Regional English Language Officer

US Mailing address:
Department of State
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
E-mail: dickercl@state.gov
Web site: www.usis.hu/relo.html

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

Ukraine (Kiev)

Patricia N. Sullivan
Regional English Language Officer

US Mailing Address:
American Embassy
5850 Kiev Place
Washington DC 20521-5850

International Mailing Address:
Public Affairs Section
US 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 (Moscow)

Bridget Gersten
ACAO for English Language Programs

US Mailing address:
American Embassy Moscow
PSC 77
APO AE 09721

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

Office Phone: 7-095 728-5000 ext. 5078 or 5861 (IVG Code 435)
Office Fax: 7-095-728-5262
Web site: www.usembassy.ru/embassy/section.php?record_id=pa_english
E-mail: gerstenbf@state.gov

RELO Assistant: Elena N. Lubnina
Phone: 7-095 728-5078
E-mail: lubninaen@state.gov

ELO Office Manager: Natalie Fomenko
Phone: 7-095-728-5078
E-mail: fomenkonv@state.gov

Central Asian Republics (Tashkent)

Lisa Harshbarger
Regional English Language Officer

US Mailing address:
Department of State
7110 Tashkent Place
Washington, DC 20521-7110

International mailing address:
American Embassy Tashkent
41 Buyuk Turon Street, 3rd Floor
Tashkent 700000
UZBEKISTAN

Office Phone: 998-71-133-7096
Office Fax: 998-71-120-6224
E-mail: harshbargerlk2@state.gov
Web site: www.usembassy.uz/

RELO Assistant: Rifat Gafurov
Phone: 998-71-133-7096
E-mail: gafurovra@state.gov

Turkey (Ankara)

Tom Miller
ACAO for English Language Programs

US Mailing address:
American Embassy Ankara
110 Ataturk Blvd
Kavaklidere, 06100
Ankara, Turkey

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

Embassy Phone: 90-312-455-5555 ext 2610
Office Fax: 90-312-468-6145
E-mail: millert@state.gov
Web site: www.usemb-ankara.org.tr/elo/elo.htm

RELO Assistant: Aycan Yaman
Phone: 90-312-455-5555 ext 2611
E-mail: yamana@state.gov

Near East (NEA)

Near East (Amman)

Andrea Schindler
Regional English Language Officer

US 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 direct telephone number: 962-6-590-6533
Through Embassy Switchboard: 962-6-590-6000 ext 6533
Office Fax: 962-6-592-0023
E-mail: schindlerad@state.gov
Web site: www.usembassy-amman.org.jo/wwwhrelo.html

RELO Assistant: Salwa Rihani
Office direct telephone number: 962-6-590-6514
Through Embassy Switchboard: 962-6-590-6000 ext 6514
E-mail: rihanis@state.gov

Near East (Cairo)

George Scholz
Regional English Language Officer

US 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: 20-2-797 3300
Office Phone: 20-2-797 3653
Cell Phone: 012-229-0497
Office Fax: 20-2-797 3667
E-mail: scholzge@state.gov
Web site: usembassy.egnet.net/usis/relo.htm

RELO Assistant: Margo Abdelaziz
Phone: 20-2-797-3250
E-mail: abdelazizma@state.gov

Near East (Manama)

George Wilcox
Regional English Language Officer

US 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: WilcoxGK@state.gov

RELO Assistant: Fatema Hashem
Phone: 973-1724-2857
E-mail: hashemf@state.gov

Near East (Rabat)

John Scacco
Regional English Language Officer (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)

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
(Formerly Avenue Marrakech)
10 000 Rabat MOROCCO

Office Phone (RELO only so far): 212 3 7-75-81-81/2/3/4/5 x201

Office Fax: 212 3 7-75-08-63

RELO e-mail: ScaccoJA@state.gov
Web site: usembassy.state.gov/tunis/wwwhrelo.html

Western Hemisphere (WHA)

Southern Cone (Brasilia)

Melvia Hasman
Regional English Language Officer

US Mailing address:
American Embassy Brasilia
Unit 3500
APO AA 34030-5000

International mailing address:
United States Embassy
SES Quadra 801, Lote 3
70403-900, Brasilia, DF
Brazil
E-mail: hasmanma@state.gov

American Embassy: 55-61-312-7574, 312-7000
RELO: (direct) 55-61-364-5138
or Embassy extension 7574
RELO Fax: 55-61-248-2791

RELO Assistant: Maria Motta
Phone: 55-61-364-2984
E-mail: mottamg@state.gov

NOTE: For subscriptions to the English Teaching Forum in Brazil, please check directly with your closest binational center

Central America (San Jose)

Michael Rudder
Regional English Language Officer

US Mailing address:
Unit 2504
APO AA 34020

International mailing address:
Embajada de los Estados Unidos
Apartado 920-1200, Pavas
San Jose, COSTA RICA

Office Phone: 506-220-3939 x2283, x2212, x2206
Office Fax: 506-232-7944
E-mail: rudderme2@state.gov

RELO Assistant: Carmen Chinchilla
Phone: 506-220-3939 x 2206
E-mail: chinchillace@state.gov

Mexico (Mexico City)

Kay Davis, Ph.D.
English Language Officer

US Mailing address:
PO Box 9000 (PAS)
Brownsville, TX 78520

International mailing address:

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

Office Phone: (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4680; from U.S.: 011-5255-5080-2000, 4680
Office Fax: (55) 5591-0053
E-mail: DavisKM@state.gov

Web site: www.usembassy-mexico.gov

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