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 January 2013
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Africa—Eastern Africa Division
District 9200
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Francis Tusubira, Chair—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
July 1, 2013, will divide into 9101 and 9102. Chair for 9102 is Ralph Mills-Tettey
Argentina—Buenos Aires Division
Districts 4825, 4855, 4890, 4915
Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires State
Celia Giay, RIDE, Chair—celiagiay@virtualred.com.ar
Argentina & Uruguay—Central/South Division
Districts 4815, 4920, 4930, 4940
Central/South Argentina and part of Uruguay
Juan Pedro Torroba, Chair—juanpedrotorroba@gmail.com
Argentina—Cuyo Division
District 4865
Part of western Argentina
Humberto Jose Moron, Chair—humbertomoron@humbertojmoron.com.ar
Australia—Northern Division
Districts 9570, 9600, 9630, 9650
Part of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia; Nauru, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
John Boag, RIDE, Chair—jboag@eversol.com.au
Australia—Southern Division
Districts 9500, 9520, 9680, 9690, 9710, 9780, 9790, 9800, 9810, 9820, 9830
Parts of South Australia, Northern Territory, New South Wales and Victoria
Cathy J. Roth, Chair—cathy.roth@bigpond.com
Australia—Western Division
Districts 9455, 9465
Western Australia
Geoff Simpson, Chair—gsimpson001@optusnet.com.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—gerencia@tiendasexito.com
Brazil—Division Mato Grosso
District 4440
Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Emerson Morbeck Mattos, Chair—emorbeck@hotmail.com
Brazil—Division Parana
Districts 4630, 4640, 4710, 4730
Parana State, Brazil
Seizi Kawano, Chair—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—lia@farrapo.com.br
Brazil—Santa Catarina Division
Districts 4650, 4651, 4740
Santa Catarina State and part of Parana
Alceu Eberhardt, Chair—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—pfonseca@reitoria.unesp.br
Brazil—Sao Paulo Northwest Division
Districts 4470, 4480, 4540
Parts of Brazil and Paraguay
Antonio C. Marchiori, Chair—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
Kathryn Atkin, Chair—
Canada—Prairie Division
Districts 5360, 5370. 5550
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Canada
Al Bergsma, Chair—Bergsma.Al@gmail.com
Canada/USA—Pacific Northwest Division
Districts 5010, 5040, 5050, 5060, 5080, 5100, 5110
British Columbia, Yukon, Canada, Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, USA
Chris Offer, Chair—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—yves.fecteau@rotary-7790.org
Website rli-stlaurent.org
Canada/USA—Shining Waters Division
Districts 6330, 7010, 7070, 7080, 7090
Ontario, Canada and parts of New York and Michigan, USA
Patrick Voegelin, Chair—pkvoegelin@cogeco.ca
Central America Division
Districts 4240, 4250
Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras
Allen J. Sellers III, Chair—sellerspty@gmail.com
Chile Division
Districts 4320, 4340, 4355
Chile
Francisco Socias Ibanez—fsocias@gmail.com
Colombia Division
District 4270
Colombia
Rafael E. Acosta-Paez, Chair—Acostarafael@yahoo.com
Croatia Division
District 1913
Jerko Rosin, Chair—jerko.rosin@st.t-com.hr
Cyprus Division
Part of District 2450
Doros Jeropoulos, Chair—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—Petr.pajas@pasos.org
Denmark Division
District 1440, 1470, 1480
Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands
Nils Ove Jensen, Chair—nojensen@private.dk
Ecuador Division
District 4400
Hector Plaza Ingeniero, Chair—hplaza@ecua.net.ec
Egypt Division
Part of District 2450
Colette Frege Haggar, PP, Chair—Colettefrege@link.net
Finland Division
District 1400
Leila Risteli, Chair—lristeli@gmail.com
French Division—Institut Rotarien de Leadership
Districts 1520, 1650, 1670, 1690, 1700, 1710, 1730, 1760, 1770, 1780, 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)
Sushil Gupta, PRID, RLISA Chair—sushil.gupta@yahoo.co.in
Binod Khaitan, PP, Executive Vice-Chair—binodkay@gmail.com
Subhash Saraf, Secretary, Zones 4A & 4B Coordinator, Extension Chair—subhashsaraf@gmail.com
Ulhas Kolhatkar, Treasurer, Zones 5A & 5B Coordinator—redrulhas@gmail.com
RLISA WEBSITE- www.rlisa.org
India—Central India Division
Districts 3020, 3150, 3160, 3170, 3180, 3190, 3230
India-Zone 5B
Rajendra Rai, Chair—hrajendrarai@gmail.com
India—Eastern India Division
Districts 3120, 3240, 3250, 3260, 3291
Eastern India, Zone 6A except Nepal and 3110
Sandeep Narang, Chair—pdgsandeep@gmail.com
India—Northern India Division
Districts 3010, 3070, 3090, 3100, 3110
Northern India, Zone 4A except 3050 plus 3110
Ranjan Dhingra, Chair—r.dhingra@laraon.com
India—South India & Sri Lanka Division
Districts 2980, 3000, 3201, 3202, 3211, 3212, 3220
South India, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka, Zone 5A
K S. Pillai, Chair—sankvalsa@yahoo.com
India—Western India Division
Districts 3030, 3040 3050, 3060, 3131, 3132, 3140
Western India, Zone 4B plus 3050
Shashikant Joshi, Chair—rtnshashikantjoshi@gmail.com
Israel Division
District 2490
Ran Linn, Chair—lran@meuhedet.co.il
Italian Division
Districts 2031, 2032, 2080, 2090, 2100, 2110, 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—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 & Curriculum Committee Chair—monaru1030@nifty.com
RIDN 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—abusihs@gmail.com
Halim Abu-Rahmeh, Vice Chair—halim@jordanexporters.org
Korea Division
Districts 3600, 3630, 3640, 3680, 3730, 3740
South Korea
Kwang Tae Kim, PRID, Chair—ktkim69@gmail.com
Jungho Cho, Vice Chair—chojungho@hotmail.com
Kosovo, Temporary Division
Kosovo and open to undistricted clubs in Albania and Macedonia
Neshad Asllani, PP, Chair—neshadasllani@gmail.com
Lebanon Division
Part of District 2450
Amal Houalla, PP, Chair—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—Salvador@rizzo.com.mx
Nepal Division
District 3292
Nepal, Bhutan
Ratna Man Sakhya, Chair—rmsakya@gmail.com
Netherlands Division
District 1570
R. A. F. [Rein} Scheper, Chair—raschep@gmail.com
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—berylrobinson@rotarydownunder.co.nz
WEBSITE www.rli.rotary.org.nz
Nigeria Division
Districts 9110, 9125, 9140
Tunji Funsho, Chair—fafunsho@yahoo.com
Paskistan & Afghanistan Division
Districts 3271, 3272
Faiz Kidwai, Chair—mfk@cyber.net.pk
Peru Division
Districts 4300, 4450, 4460
Julio Silva-Santisteban O., Chair—jecs@terra.com
Philippines Division
Districts 3770, 3780, 3790, 3800, 3810,3820, 3830, 3850, 3860, 3870
Herminio "Sonny" Coloma , Jr., Chair—sonny_coloma@yahoo.com
Poland, Belarus, Ukraine-—District 2230 Division
District 2230
Belarus, Poland & Ukraine
Marek Lipinski, Chair—marek@lipinscy.net
Portugal Division
Districts 1960, 1970
Portugal, including the Azores Islands and Madeira Islands
Diamantino Gomes, Chair—diamantinogomes@portugalmail.pt
Frederico Jose Eusebio Nascimento, Vice-Chair—frp@mail.telepac.pt
Russia Division
District 2220, 2225
Stephanie Tsomakaeva, Chair—2@sts.me.com
Serbia & Montenegro Division
District 2483
Marinel Subu, Chair—Marinel.subu@gmail.com
Southeast Asia Division
Districts 3300, 3310, 3410, 3420, 3450
Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Hong Kong & Macau, (China), Mongolia
Peter Wan, Chair—peterwanrotary@gmail.com
Sweden Division
Districts 2390
Larry Servin, Chair—ls@larryservinab.com
Taiwan Division
Districts 3460, 3470, 3480, 3490, 3500, 3510, 3520
Wei Lin "Dens" Shao, Chair—densshao@ms29.hinet.net
DIVISION WEBSITE www.rotary2000.org/PDG/pdg_home/RLI/RLI.htm
Turkey & Central Asia Division
Districts 2420, 2430, 2440
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan
H. Tahsin Tugrul, Chair—tahsintugrul@altasaluminium.com
Uruguay Division
Districts 4970, 4980
Omar Adi Cordoba, Chair—adi@adinet.com.uy
Mario Gomensoro, Co-Chair—Mario.gomensoro@gmail.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, 5190, 5220
Part of California
Michael P. Merrill, Chair—Mpmerr@aol.com
USA/Canada—Great Lakes Division
Districts 6290, 6310, 6360, 6380, 6540
Parts of Michigan & Indiana, USA and Part of Ontario, Canada
Renee Merchant, Chair—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
Jane Molloy, Chair—jabmolloy@bellsouth.net
DIVISION WEBSITE http://HOA-RLI.com
USA—Lone Star Division
Districts 5730, 5840, 5870
Texas
Greg Podd, Acting Chair—greg@pfscpa.com
DIVISION WEBSITE http://www.lsrli.com
USA—Main Line Division
Districts 7280, 7300, 7330, 7360
Parts of Pennsylvania
Kelly Wike, Co-Chair—Kelly.wike.bvkb@statefarm.com
USA—Midwest Division
District 6450
Illinois
Richard Thiernau, Chair—dgrick@thiernaufinancial.com
USA—North Coast Division
District 6600, 6630, 6650
Northern Ohio
Larry Warren, Chair—larrynsig@zoominternet.net
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—tonim@epix.net
Brad Jett, Executive Director—bradjett@comcast.net
DIVISION WEBSITE www.rlinea.com
USA/CANADA—North Star Division
Districts 5580, 5950, 5970
Part of Ontario, Canada; North Dakota and parts of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin USA
Timothy Kaminski, PAG, Chair—timothyk@fintegra.net
USA—Rocky Mountain Division
Districts 5400, 5440, 5450, 5490, 5500, 5510, 5520, 5610, 5630
Arizona, South Dakota, Wyoming, parts of California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, New Mexico, Texas USA
Greg E. Podd, Chair—greg@pfscpa.com
DIVISION WEBSITE www.rmrli.org
USA—Southern California–Nevada Division
Districts 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
Douglas Maymon, Chair—DougMaymon@bellsouth.net
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
Abe Clymer, Chair—abeclymer@aol.com
Bevin Wall, Executive Director—Bevin@RLI33.org
DIVISION WEBSITE www.RLI33.org
Venezuela Division
District 4380
Andres Baffigo, Chair—abaffigo@hotmail.com