Regional Educational Advising Coordinators (REACs)

Through oversight and funding from the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and under a cooperative agreement between ECA and the Institute of International Education (IIE), the Regional Educational Advising Coordinator (REAC) Program is designed to foster international student mobility between the United States and the rest of the world through the EducationUS A network. The REACs fosters student mobility between the United States and the region they cover, with ECA and IIE, to oversee and support a regional network of advising centers. REACs act as a resource on educational systems and exchanges; provide assessment, direction, training and quality control of EducationUSA advising centers; and develop and promote the EducationUSA network.

We invite you to contact the REACs if your institution is looking to expand its presence overseas.

For information on the upcoming Western Hemishphere Advising Conference, this September/October in Mexico City, please click here.

REAC Region
Nancy Keteku Sub-Saharan Africa
Countries Served: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, DR Congo, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, and Togo
Clara Priester South & East Africa
Countries Served: South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Madagascar, Mauritius
TBA Southeast Asia
Countries Served: Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Richard O'Rourke Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific
Countries Served: Australia, Fiji, Japan, Kiribati, Korea, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Lauryne Massinga China, Taiwan, Hong Kong & Mongolia
Countries Served: China, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Macau, Taiwan
Wes Teter Western and Central Europe
Countries Served: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Ann Merrill Eurasia
Countries Served: Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
Amy McGoldrick Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Central Asia
Countries Served: Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Kristen Cammarata North Africa and the Middle East
Countries Served: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Kathleen Kisting Alam South and Central Asia
Countries Served: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Rekha Kalle India
Countries Served: India
Tim Wright Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
Countries Served: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadalupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Rosemarie Arens Western and Northern South America
Countries Served: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Rita Moriconi Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
Countries Served: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

IIE administers the REAC program providing the programmatic and administrative infrastructure enabling REACs to focus on enhancing the quality and effectiveness of educational advising services around the globe and increasing outreach and marketing efforts to promote the U.S. as the preferred higher education destination. For more information about the REAC program and the EducationUSA marketing efforts, contact

EducationUSA centers actively promote United States higher education around the world by offering accurate, unbiased, comprehensive, objective and timely information about education institutions in the United States and guidance to qualified individuals on how best to access those opportunities. Millions of prospective students learn about U.S. study opportunities through EducationUSA centers each year.

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