REAC

Regional Educational Advising Coordinator (REAC) Program

Through oversight and funding from the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), 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 EducationUSA network. 

Overview

Under a cooperative agreement with ECA, 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.

We invite you to contact the REACs if your institution is looking to connect with EducationUSA.


REAC

Region

Nancy Keteku

Western/Central Africa

Serves:

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

Eastern/Southern Africa

Serves:

South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Madagascar, Mauritius

Jonathan Lembright

Southeast Asia

Serves:

Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Rosie Edmond

Northeast Asia/Pacific

Serves:

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

Serves:

China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia 

Chris Medalis

North and Central Europe

Serves:

Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Ann Merrill

Eurasia and Turkey

Serves:

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

TBA

Southern Europe

Serves:

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain

Kristen Cammarata

Middle East/North Africa

Serves:

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 Asia

Serves:

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Maria Mercedes Salmon

Mexico/Central America/Caribbean

Serves:

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

South America/Andean Region 

Serves:

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Rita Moriconi

South America/Southern Cone

Serves:

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay


EducationUSA Network
Contact

Nichole Johnson
Director, Global EducationUSA Services
Institute of International Education
1400 K Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20005-2403
Tel: +1 202.326.7801
Fax: +1 202.326.7835
E-mail: njohnson@iie.org

Martin Bennett
EducationUSA Marketing Coordinator
Institute of International Education
1400 K Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20005-2403
Tel: +1 202.326.7699
Fax: +1 202.326.7835
E-mail: mbennett@iie.org

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