Divisions of RLI
Alphabetically by Country or Region Name
All persons listed are past district governors unless otherwise indicated. Email links are disabled to reduce spam.
Updated August 2011
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For Africa District Members, see also Egypt Division & French Division
For Caribbean Countries, see Sunshine Division & Zone 33 Division
For Luxembourg, see Belgium & Luxembourg Division
For Central America Countries, see Central America Division
For Slovakia, see Czech & Slovak Division
For France, Monaco, Andorra, Romania, Moldova, North Africa, Central Africa
& part of East Africa, see French Division
For South Pacific Island Countries, see Japan Division, New Zealand & Pacific
Islands Division & Northern Australia Division
For Sri Lanka, see Southern India & Sri Lanka Division
For Afghanistan, see Pakistan & Afghanistan Division
For Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Hong Kong & Macau (China) &
Mongolia, see Southeast Asia Division
For Montenegro, see Serbia & Montenegro Division
For Puerto Rico & Venezuela, see USA/Caribbean—Sunshine Division
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Africa—Eastern Africa Division
District 9200
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Francis Tusubira, Chair
Email tusu@kcl.co.ug or fftusu@gmail.com
Africa—Southern Africa Division
Districts 9400, 9210
Botswana, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elizabeth (Beth) Thomas, Chair
betco@pixie.co.za
Africa—West Africa Division
District 9100
Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde
Robert F. Atta, Chair
robertatta@yahoo.com
Argentina—Buenos Aires Division
Districts 4825, 4855, 4890, 4915
Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires State
Celia Giay, Chair
celiagiay@virtualred.com.ar
Argentina & Uruguay—Central/South Division
Districts 4920, 4940, 4815, 4930
Central/South Argentina and part of Uruguay
Juan Pedro Torroba, Chair
Email ptorroba@cpenet.com.ar
Argentina—Cuyo Division
District 4865
Part of western Argentina
Humberto Jose Moron, Chair
humbertomoron@humbertojmoron.com.ar
Australia—Northern Division
Districts 9650, 9630, 9600
Part of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia; Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
John Boag, RIDE, Chair
Email jboag@eversol.com.au
Australia—Southern Division
Districts 9780, 9500, 9800, 9810, 9830, 9690, 9680
Parts of South Australia, Northern Territory, New South Wales and Victoria
Cathy J. Roth, Chair
Email cathy.roth@bigpond.com
Australia—Western Division
Districts 9455, 9465
Western Australia
Sylvia Byers, Chair
Email sbyers@iinet.net.au
Bangladesh Division
District 3280
Salim Reza, Chair
Salimreza57@yahoo,.com
Belgium & Luxembourg Division
District 2170
Belgium and Luxembourg
Daniel Tieman, Chair
Tieman.daniel@skynet.be
Bolivia Division
District 4690
William Francisco Torrico, Chair
Email gerencia@tiendasexito.com
Brazil—Division Parana
Districts 4630, 4640, 4710, 4730
Parana State, Brazil
Seizi Kawano, Chair
Email seizik@hotmail.com
Brazil—Rio Grande do Sul Division
Districts 4660, 4670, 4680, 4700, 4780
Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
Lia Silvia de Souza Pereira, Chair
Email lia@farrapo.com.br
Brazil—Santa Catarina Division
Districts 4650, 4651, 4740
Santa Catarina State and part of Parana
Alceu Eberhardt, Chair
Email alceb@terra.com.br
Brazil—Sao Paulo Division
Districts 4420, 4430, 4590, 4610
Part of Sao Paulo State, Brazil
Paulo Eduardo de Barros Fonseca, Chair
Email pfonseca@reitoria.unesp.br
Brazil—Sao Paulo Northwest Division
Districts 4470, 4480, 4540
Parts of Brazil and Paraguay
Antonio C. Marchiori, Chair
Email acmarchiori@asbyte.com.br
Bulgaria Division
District 2482
Rumen Mihailov, PP, Chair
acticon@data.bg
Canada/USA—Atlantic/Atlantique Division
Districts 7810 and 7820
Part of Maine, USA and New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island, Canada, St. Pierre & Miquelon, France
Kim Pearson, PP, Chair
Email kim-shadow@hotmail.com
Canada—Prairie Division
Districts 5360, 5370
Alberta and parts of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories
Al Bergsma, Chair
Email rocky.ridge@telus.net
Canada/USA—Pacific Northwest Division
Districts 5040, 5050, 5060, 5080, 5100, 5110
British Columbia, Canada, Washington State, Oregon, Idaho USA
Chris Offer, Chair
Email chrisoffer@live.ca
Canada—Saint-Laurent—L’institut Rotary sur le leadership, Division Saint-Laurent
7040 and portions of Districts 7790, 7850
Quebec, Nunavut and Ontario, Canada, part of New York, USA
Yves Fecteau, Chair
Email yves.fecteau@rotary-7790.org
Website rli-stlaurent.org
Canada/USA—Shining Waters Division
Districts 7070, 7090, 6330, 7080
Ontario, Canada and parts of New York and Michigan, USA
Patrick Voegelin, Chair
Email pkvoegelin@cogeco.ca
Central America Division
Districts 4240, 4250
Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras
Allen J. Sellers III, Chair
email sellerspty@gmail.com
Chile Division
Districts 4320, 4340, 4350, 4360
Chile
Francisco Socias Ibanez
fsocias@gmail.com
Colombia Division
District 4270
Colombia
Rafael E. Acosta-Paez, Chair
Acostarafael@yahoo.com
Cyprus Division
Part of District 2450
Doros Jeropoulos, Chair
email djeropoulos@avacom.net
NOTE: District 2450 has country divisions—countries in district include Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Bahrain, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Rep. of Georgia and Armenia
Czech & Slovak Division
District 2240
Czech Republic and Slovakia
Petr Pajas, Chair
email Petr.pajas@pasos.org
Denmark 1470 Division
District 1470
Nils Ove Jensen, Chair
Email nojensen@private.dk
Ecuador Division
District 4400
Hector Plaza Ingeniero, Chair
Email hplaza@ecua.net.ec
Egypt Division
Part of District 2450
Colette Frege Haggar, PP, Chair
Colettefrege@link.net
French Division—Institut Rotarien de Leadership
Districts 1760, 1770, 1650, 1670, 1690, 1700, 1730, 1780, 1710, 2241, 9010, 9150, 9220
Algeria, Andorra, Burundi, Camaroun, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles, Tunisia
Jacques di Costanzo, Chair—jacquesdico@aol.com
DIVISION WEB SITE www.rli-sectionfr.com
Greece Division
Districts 2470 and 2484
Takis Dalianis, Co-Chair—Dalianis@mirage.gr
Basile Christaras, Co-Chair—Christar@geo.auth.gr
India/Nepal/Sri Lanka—South Asia RLI Organization
(See also Nepal Division)
RLISA Chair, Sushil Gupta, PRID
sushil.gupta@yahoo.co.in
Executive Vice-Chair, Binod Khaitan, PP
binodkay@gmail.com
Secretary, Zones 4A and 4B Coordinator & Extension Chair, Subhash Saraf, subhashsaraf@gmail.com
Treasurer and Zones 5A and 5B Coordinator, Rekha Shetty
Rekhashetty123@gmail.com
RLISA WEBSITE- www.rlisa.org
India—Central India Division
Districts 3150, 3160, 3180, 3230, 3020, 3190, 3170
India-Zone 5B
Rajendra Rai, Chair
hrajendrarai@gmail.com
India—Eastern India Division
Districts 3291, 3240, 3250, 3260, 3120
Eastern India, Zone 6A except Nepal and 3110
Sandeep Narang, Chair
Email pdgsandeep@gmail.com
India—Northern India Division
Districts 3070, 3100, 3010, 3110, 3090
Northern India, Zone 4A except 3050 plus 3110
Atul Dev, PP, Chair
Email atuldev@airtelmail.in
India—South India & Sri Lanka Division
Districts 3201, 3202, 2980, 3212, 3220, 3211
South India and Sri Lanka, Zone 5A
K S. Pillai, Chair
Email sankvalsa@yahoo.com
India—Western India Division
Districts 3131, 3132, 3030, 3040 3050, 3060, 3140
Western India, Zone 4B plus 3050
Ulhas Kolhatkar, Chair
email ulhas.kolhatkar@gmail.com
Israel Division
District 2490
Uri Zeiger, Chair
zeiger@012.net.il
Italian Division
Districts 2090, 2100, 2120
Italy
Vito Casarano, Chair
vitocasarano@libero.it
Japan Division
Districts 2570, 2600, 2640, 2650, 2710, 2730, 2750, 2760, 2770, 2790, 2830, 2840
Japan, Guam, Northern Marianas, Micronesia, Palau
Masahiro Kuroda, PRID, Chair
Email mskuroda@vc.hi-net.ne.jp
PDG Jiro Kawatsuma
RLI Vice-Chair
jiro@k.email.ne.jp
PDG Yoshihiro Sekiba
RLI Vice-Chair
sekiba@japan.email.ne.jp
PDG Morihiko Narukawa
RLI Translation and Curriculum Committee Chair
monaru1030@nifty.com
PDG Seiji Kita
RLI Executive Director
kita@shinken-net.co.jp
RLI the Japan Division Office
1-2-1-116 Takasago, Urawa-ku
Saitama-shi, Saitama, Japan 330-0063
Apex tower East wing 1F
TEL:+81-48-827-0022 FAX: +81-48-827-0011
e-mail: ri2770-184@plum.plala.or.jp
Jordan Division
Part of District 2450
Muhsen El-Mufleh, Chair
Email abusihs@gmail.com
Halim Abu-Rahmeh, Vice Chair
Email halim@jordanexporters.org
Korea Division
Districts 3640, 3600
South Korea
Kwang Tae Kim, PRID, Chair
Email ktkim69@gmail.com
Lebanon Division
Part of District 2450
Amal Houalla, PP, Chair
Email waadib@adibandhoualla.com
Mexico Division
Districts 4100, 4110, 4130, 4150, 4160, 4170, 4180, 4190, 4200
All of Mexico and part of USA
Salvador Rizzo Tavares, Chair
Email Salvador@rizzo.com.mx
Nepal Division
District 3292
Dilendra Raj Shrestha, PP, Chair
Email dilendras@gmail.com
The Netherlands Division
District 1570
R. A. F. [Rein} Scheper, Chair
Email raschep@xs4all.nl
New Zealand & Pacific Islands Division
Districts 9920, 9910, 9930, 9940, 9980, 9970
New Zealand, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Tonga, Samoa, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island and Vanuatu
Beryl G. Robinson, Chair
Email berylrobinson@rotarydownunder.co.nz
WEBSITE www.rli.rotary.org.nz
Nigeria Division
Districts 9110, 9125, 9140
Tunji Funsho, Chair
Email fafunsho@yahoo.com
Paskistan & Afghanistan Division
Districts 3271, 3272
Muhammad Faiz Kidwai, Chair
Email mfk@cyber.net.pk
Peru Division
Districts 4300, 4350, 4360
Julio Silva-Santisteban O., Chair
Email jess@terra.com
Philippines Division
Districts 3810, 3850, 3860, 3800, 3780, 3790, 3820, 3830, 3870, 3770
Herminio "Sonny" Coloma , Jr., Chair
email sonny_coloma@yahoo.com
Portugal Division
Districts 1960, 1970
Portugal, including the Azores Islands and Madeira Islands
Diamantino Gomes, Chair
email diamantinogomes@portugalmail.pt
Frederico Jose Eusebio Nascimento, Vice-Chair
Email frp@mail.telepac.pt
Serbia & Montenegro Division
District 2483
Marinel Subu, Chair
Email Marinel.subu@gmail.com
Southeast Asia Division
Districts 3300, 3310, 3400, 3450
Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Hong Kong & Macau, (China), Mongolia
Peter Wan, Chair
Email peterwanrotary@gmail.com
Taiwan Division
Districts 3460, 3470, 3480, 3490, 3500, 3510, 3520
Wei Lin "Dens" Shao, Chair
Email densshao@ms29.hinet.net
DIVISION WEBSITE www.rotary2000.org/PDG/pdg_home/RLI/RLI.htm
Turkey Division
District 2420
H. Tahsin Tugrul, Chair
Email tahsintugrul@atlasaluminium.com
FOR USA/Canada Divisions, SEE ALSO Canada/USA—Atlantic/Atlantique Division (northern Maine), Pacific Northwest Division (Washington State, Oregon, Idaho USA) and Shining Waters Division (part of New York and Michigan, USA).
USA—Far West Division
District 5130, 5220
California
Michael P. Merrill, Chair
Mpmerr@aol.com
USA/Canada—Great Lakes Division
Districts 6360, 6290, 6380, 6540
Parts of Michigan and Indiana, USA and Part of Ontario, Canada
Renee Merchant, Chair
Email renee@4DeltaSystems.com
Website http://rligreatlakes.org
USA—Heartland USA Division
District 5650
Nebraska/Iowa USA
Nicolette "Nicki" S. Klein, PP, Chair
nklein2@neb.rr.com
USA—Heart of America Division
Zones 30 & 31
6110, parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma; 6190, Louisiana; 6460, Illinois; 6490, Illinois; 6510, Illinois, 6560, part of Indiana; 6670, Ohio; 6710, Kentucky; 6740, Kentucky, 6760, 6780, Tennessee; 6800, parts of Mississippi and Tennessee; 6860, Alabama; 6880, Alabama, 6690, Ohio, 6200, Louisiana 16
Jane Molloy, Chair
Email jabmolloy@bellsouth.net
DIVISION WEBSITE http://HOA-RLI.com
USA—Lone Star Division
Districts 5730, 5870
Texas
Greg Podd, Acting Chair
Email greg@pfscpa.com
USA—Main Line Division
Districts 6630, 6600, 6650, 7280, 7300, 7330, 7350, 7370
Parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania
Larry Warren, Co-Chair
Email larrynsig@zoominternet.net
Kelly Wike, Co-Chair
Email Kelly.wike.bvkb@statefarm.com
USA—Midwest Division
District 6450
Illinois
Richard Thiernau, Chair
Email dgrick@thiernaufinancial.com
USA/Canada—Northeast America, Inc. Division (Home Div)
All districts in Zone 32- 7210, 7230, 7250, 7260, 7390, 7410, 7430, 7450, 7470, 7490, 7500, 7510, 7640, 7780, 7850, 7870, 7890, 7910, 7930, 7950, 7980, plus 7120, 7150, 7170, 7190, 7620, 7630, 7790
USA-Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, W. Virginia, Bermuda and part of Quebec, Canada
Toni McAndrew, Chair
Email tonim@epix.net
Brad Jett, Executive Director
Email bradjett@comcast.net
DIVISION WEBSITE www.rlinea.com
USA/CANADA—North Star Division
Districts 5580, 5950
Part of Ontario, Canada; North Dakota and parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin USA
Timothy Kaminski, PAG, Chair
Email timothyk@fintegra.net
USA—Rocky Mountain Division
Districts 5490, 5500, 5510, 5440, 5610, 5400, 5450, 5520, 5630
Arizona, South Dakota, Wyoming, parts of California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, New Mexico, Texas USA
Greg E. Podd, Chair
email greg@pfscpa.com
DIVISION WEBSITE www.rmrli.org
USA—Southern California–Nevada Division
Districts 5260, 5280, 5300, 5320, 5330, 5340
Parts of California and Nevada, USA
Richard Dell’Acqua, Chair
dellacqua@verizon.net
USA/Caribbean—Sunshine Division
Districts 6950, 6960, 6970, 6980, 6990, 6890, 6930, 6940, 6900, 6910, 6920, 7000, 7020,4370
Florida, Georgia USA, Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Haiti, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Turks & Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao
Gary Israel, Chair
Email glipdg@embarqmail.com
WEBSITE www.rlitraining.org
USA/Caribbean—Zone 33 Division
Zone 33 -7530, 7550, 7570, 7600, 7610, 7630, 7670, 7680, 7690, 7710, 7720, 7730, 7750,7770 plus 7030 Caribbean
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina
and South Carolina USA, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica,
French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis,
St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago
Sandra Duckworth, Chair
Email sandy.duckworth@rli33.org
Bevin Wall, Executive Director
Email Bevin@RLI33.org
DIVISION WEBSITE www.RLI33.org
Venezuela Division
District 4380
Andres Baffigo, Chair
Email abaffigo@hotmail.com