August, 2016
DIVISIONS OF RLI
Alphabetically by Country or Region Name
All persons listed are past district governors unless otherwise indicated
For Africa District Members, see also Egypt Division, French Division and Nigeria Division
For Angola, see Southern Africa Division
For Belarus, see Poland 2230 Division
For Bhutan, see Nepal Division
For Caribbean Countries, see Sunshine Division
For Central America Countries, see Central America Division
For Central Asian Countries, see Turkey and Central Asia Division
For Namibia, see Southern Africa Division
For Slovakia, see Czech and Slovak Division
For France, Monaco, Andorra, Romania, Moldova, North Africa, Central Africa
and part of East Africa, see French Division
For South Pacific Island Countries, see Japan Division, New Zealand and Pacific
Islands Division and Northern Australia Division
For Sri Lanka, see Southern India and Sri Lanka Division
For Maldives, see Southern India and Sri Lanka Division
For Macedonia, see Slovenia Division
For Afghanistan, see Pakistan and Afghanistan Division (Afghanistan clubs are now undistricted)
For Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau (China) and Mongolia, see South China/Indonesia Division
For Montenegro, see Serbia and Montenegro Division
For Puerto Rico, see USA/Caribbean- Sunshine Division
For Middle East, see District 2452 Division and District 2451 Division
For Singapore, see Malaysia/Singapore Division
Africa – East Africa – Lake Victoria Division
District 9211
Tanzania, Uganda
Andrew Muguluma, Chair
Email andrewkigumba@gmail.com
Africa – East Africa - (new name of division to be determined)
District 9212
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan
Isaac Gitoho, Chair
Email Isaac.gitoho@ecoenergy.co.ke
Africa - Southern Africa Division
Districts 9400, 9210, 9350, 9370
Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Losotho, Swaziland, South Africa, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elizabeth (Beth) Thomas, Chair
Email ct22@mweb.co.za
Africa - West Africa Division
Districts 9101, 9102
Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde
Ralph Mills-Tettey, Chair
Argentina- Buenos Aires Division
Districts 4855, 4895, 4915,
Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires State
Juan Carlos Protic Gardenal, Co-Chair
Roberto Fontanella, Co-Chair
Former co-chairs and current Advisers
Miguel Angel Martinez Pereyra,
Oscar Vergara
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay Division
Districts 4815, 4845, 4920, 4930, 4945
Central/South Argentina, Paraguay and part of Uruguay
Daniel Elicetche, Chair
Australia-Northern Division
Districts 9650, 9630, 9600, 9570, 9670, 9640, 9675, 9700
Parts of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia; Nauru, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
John Boag, PRID, Chair
Australia- Southern Division
Districts 9520, 9780, 9500, 9800, 9810, 9830, 9790, 9710, 9820, 9685
Parts of South Australia, Northern Territory, New South Wales and Victoria
John Wigley, Chair
Australia-Western Division
Districts 9455, 9465
Western Australia
Geoff Simpson, Chair
Bangladesh Division
Districts 3281, 3282
Salim Reza, Chair
Bolivia Division
District 4690
William Torrico Hurtado, Chair
WEBSITE www.rotary4690.org/rli
Brazil – Central East Division
Districts 4520, 4530, 4580, 4760, 4770
Francisco Fernando Schlabitz, Chair
Brazil – Division Mato Grosso
District 4440
Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Emerson Morbeck Mattos, Chair
Brazil - Division Parana
Districts 4630, 4640, 4710, 4730
Parana State, Brazil
Seizi Kawano, Chair
Brazil—Rio Grande do Sul Division
Districts 4660, 4670, 4680, 4700, 4780
Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
Lia Silvia de Souza Pereira, Chair
Brazil-Santa Catarina Division
Districts 4650, 4651, 4740
Santa Catarina State and part of Parana
Alceu Eberhardt, Chair
Brazil---Sao Paulo Division
Districts 4420, 4430, 4590, 4610
Part of Sao Paulo State, Brazil
Paulo Eduardo de Barros Fonseca, Chair
Brazil- Sao Paulo Northwest Division
Districts 4470, 4480, 4540
Parts of Brazil and Paraguay
Joao Passos, Chair
Bulgaria Division
District 2482
Lyuben Atanasov, Chair
Canada/USA – Atlantic/Atlantique Division
Districts 7810 and 7820
Part of Maine, USA and New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island, Canada, St. Pierre & Miquelon, France
Kathryn Atkin, PAG, Chair
Canada - Prairie Division
Districts 5360, 5370, 5550
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Canada
Rick Istead, Chair
Canada/USA –Pacific Northwest Division
Districts 5040, 5050, 5060, 5080, 5100, 5110, 5020
British Columbia,Yukon, Canada; Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, USA
Allan Davis, Chair
Canada - Saint-Laurent—L’institut Rotary sur le leadership, Division Saint-Laurent
7040 and portions of Districts 7790, 7850, 7810 (French speaking division)
Quebec, Nunavut and Ontario, Canada, part of New York, USA
Claude Martel, Chair
Canada/USA- Shining Waters Division
Districts 7070, 7090, 6330, 7080, 7010
Ontario, Canada and parts of New York and Michigan, USA
Patsy Marshall, Chair
Trainon2@sentex.net
WEBSITE www.rli-shiningwaters.org
Central America Division
Districts 4240, 4250
Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras
Rodolfo Bianchi, Chair
Chile Division
Districts 4320, 4340, 4355
Chile
Francisco Socias Ibanez, Chair
Colombian Division
Districts 4271, 4281
Oscar Arbelaez, Chair
Alvaro Reyes, Vice-Chair
Croatia Division
District 1913
Hrvoje Kenfelj, Chair
Czech and Slovak Division
District 2240
Czech Republic and Slovakia
Petr Pajas, Chair
Denmark Division
Districts 1440, 1450, 1461, 1470, 1480
Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands
Grethe Christiansen, Chair
District 2452 Division
Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Bahrain, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Rep. of Georgia and Armenia
Farid Gebran, Chair
Dominican Republic Division
District 4060
Miguel Angel Tallaj, Chair
Ecuador Division
District 4400
Hector Plaza, Ingeniero, Chair
hhplaza@gmail.com
Egypt Division
District 2451
Ahmed Saada, Chair
Finland Division
Districts 1390, 1400, 1410
Leila Risteli, Chair
French Division, Institut Rotarien de Leadership
Districts 1520 1760, 1770, 1650, 1670, 1690, 1700, 1730, 1780, 1710, 9010, 9150, 9220
Algeria, Andorra, Comoros Islands, Djibouti, France, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Reunion, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles, Tunisia
Jacques di Costanzo, PRID, Chair
jacquesdico@aol.com
WEB SITE www.rli-sectionfr.com l
German Division
District 1841
Harald Bos, Chair
Greece Division
Districts 2470 and 2484
Takis Dalianis, Co-Chair
Vasillios Basile Christaras, Co-Chair
India,Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives-South Asia RLI Organization
(See also Nepal Division)
RLISA Chair, Sushil Gupta, PRID/Trustee
Executive Vice-Chair, Binod Khaitan, PP
Secretary, Subhash Saraf, subhashsaraf@gmail.com
RLISA WEBSITE- www.rlisa.org
India-Central India Division
Districts 3020, 3150, 3160, 3170, 3181,3182, 3190, 3230
India-Zone 5B
Rajendra Rai, Chair
India- Eastern India Division
Districts 3120, 3240, 3250, 3261, 3262, 3291
Eastern India, Zone 6A except Nepal and 3110
Sandeep Narang, Chair
India- Northern India Division
Districts 3011, 3012, 3070, 3090, 3100, 3110
Northern India, Zone 4A except 3051, 3052, 3053 plus 3110
Atul Dev, Chair
India- South India, Sri Lanka and Maldives Division
Districts 2981, 2982, 3000, 3201, 3202, 3211, 3212, 3220
South India, Sri Lanka and Maldives, Zone 5A
N. Govindaraj, Chair
India- Western India Division
Districts 3030, 3040, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3060, 3131, 3132, 3141, 3142
Western India, Zone 4B plus 3051, 3052
Ulhas Kolhatkar, Chair
Israel Division
District 2490
Ran Linn, Chair
ranoz@hotmail.com, lran@meuhedet.co.il
Italian Division
Districts 2090, 2100, 2120, 2080, 2110, 2031, 2032, 2041, 2042
Italy, Malta
Vito Casarano, Chair
Japan Division
Districts 2520, 2590, 2600, 2640, 2650, 2710, 2730, 2750, 2760, 2770, 2790, 2830, 2570, 2840, 2720, 2520
Japan, Guam, Northern Marianas, Micronesia, Palau
Seiji Kita, PRID & Trustee, Chair
Takunori Sugitani, RID
RLI Vice-Chair
Rotary2720sugitani@clear.ocn.ne.jp
Tadami Saito, RIDE
RLI Vice-Chair
PDG Morihiko Narukawa
RLI Translation and Curriculum Committee Chair
Hitoshi Iwabuchi, Secretary
info@kanto-t.jp
RLI 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
WEBSITE www.rlijapan.com
Korea Division
Districts 3630, 3640, 3600, 3680, 3730, 3740, 3661, 3620, 3710, 3721, 3722, 3700, 3590
South Korea
Kwang Tae Kim, PRID, Chair
Jungho, Cho, Vice Chair
Kosovo, Temporary Division
Kosovo and undistricted clubs in
Albania
Neshad Asllani, PP Chair
Malaysia/Singapore Division
Districts 3300, 3310
Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei
Hoe-Beng Fong, Chair
Mexico Division
Districts 4100, 4110, 4130, 4140,. 4170, 4185, 4195
All of Mexico and part of USA
Santiago Ancona Teigell, Chair
Jesus Valdez Castro, Vice-Chair
Nepal and Bhutan Division
District 3292
Nepal, Bhutan
Ratna Man Sakhya, Chair
Netherlands Division
Districts 1560, 1570
Rob Klerkx, Chair
klerkx.r@gmail.com
Katkinka Wiertz (Mrs.), Secretary
Naning van de Hoop, Treasurer
WEBSITE www.rotary-rli.nl/jm
New Zealand and 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 Robinson, Chair
berylrobinson@rotarydownunder.co.nz or cs.bg.robinson@xtra.co.nz
WEBSITE www.rotaryoceania.zone/SitePage/rotary-leadership-institute
Nigeria Division/rotary-
Districts 9110, 9125, 9140
Yomi Adewunmi, Chair
Paskistan and Afghanistan Division
Districts 3271, 3272
Faiz Kidwai, Chair
Peru Division
Districts 4455, 4465
Juan Carlos Contreras, Chair
contrerascaceresjuan@gmail.com
Philippines Division
Districts 3810, 3850, 3860, 3800, 3780, 3790, 3820, 3830, 3870, 3770
Herminio « Sonny » Coloma , Jr., Chair
Poland Division
District 2231
Belarus, Ukraine see also Ukraine Division
District 2232
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
Russia Division
The Russian Federation
Districts 2225, 2220
Elena Atepalikhina, Chair
Stephanie Tsomakaeva, Deputy Chair
Serbia and Montenegro Division
District 2483
Marinel Subu, Chair
Slovenia Division
District 1912
Slovenia and Macedonia
Ludvik Toplak, Chair
South China/Indonesia Division
Districts 3450, 3410, 3420
Indonesia, Hong Kong & Macau, (China), Mongolia, the Peoples Republic of China, Guangdong Province
Peter Wan, Chair
Rudolfo Balmater, Country Chair for Indonesia
District 3410 Eva t. Kurniaty, Chair
District 3420 Aloysius Purwa, Chair
Spain Division
Districts 2201, 2202, 2203
Jose Ramon Echevarria, Chair
Sweden Division
Districts 2390, 2350, 2370, 2410
Sonja.Andersson, Chair
Sonja.andersson.lund@conhem.se
Taiwan Division
Districts 3461, 3462, 3470, 3481, 3482, 3490, 3501, 3502, 3510, 3521, 3522, 3523
Wei Lin “Dens” Shao, Chair
WEBSITE www.rotary2000.org/PDG/pdg_home/RLI/RLI.htm
Turkey and Central Asia Division
Districts 2420, 2430, 2440
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan
Canan Ersoz, Chair
Ukraine Division
District 2232
Ukraine and Belarus
Uruguay Division
Districts 4970, 4980
Omar Adi Cordoba, Chair
Mario Gomensoro, Co-Chair
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
Districts 5130, 5220, 5190
Part of California
Wyn G. Spiller, Chair
USA/Canada -Great Lakes Division
Districts 6360, 6290, 6380, 6540, 6310
Parts of Michigan and Indiana, USA and Part of Ontario, Canada
Renee Merchant,Chair
WEBSITE http://rligreatlakes.org
USA - Heartland USA Division
Districts 5650, 6000
Nebraska/Iowa USA
Nicolette "Nicki" S. Klein, PP, Chair
nklein2@neb.rr.com
WEBSITE www.rli-heartland.org
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; 6580,6670, Ohio; 6710, Kentucky; 6740, Kentucky, 6760, 6780, Tennessee; 6800, parts of Mississippi and Tennessee; 6060, Missouri, 6860, Alabama; 6880, Alabama, 6690, Ohio, 6200, Louisiana; 6040. Missouri; 6820, MississippiJerry Venters, Chair
WEBSITE http://HOA-RLI.com
USA - Lone Star Division
Districts 5730, 5870, 5840
Texas
Ed Mullen, Chair
WEBSITE- www.lsrli.org
USA –Main Line Division
Districts 7280, 7300, 7330, 7360
Parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia
Kelly Wike, Chair
Treasurer/Registrar
Mark Barnhart
USA – Midwest Division
District 6450
Illinois
Linda Yates, Chair
USA—North Coast Division
Districts 6630, 6600, 6650
Northern Ohio
Larry Warren, Chair
USA/Canada - Northeast America, Inc. Division (Home Div)
All districts in Zone 32- 7210, 7230, 7255,7390, 7410, 7430, 7450, 7470, 7490, 7500, 7510, 7640, 7780, 7850, 7870, 7890, 7910, 7930, 7950, 7980, plus 7120, 7150, 7170, 7190, 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
Ann S. Keim, Chair
Gregory B. Roche, Executive Director
Email greg.b.roche@gmail.com
WEBSITE www.rlinea.com
USA/CANADA – North Star Divisions
Districts 5580, 5950, 5970
Part of Ontario, Canada; North Dakota and parts of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin USA
Timothy Kaminski, Chair
USA- Rocky Mountain Division
Districts 5490, 5500, 5510, 5440, 5610, 5400, 5450, 5520, 5630, 5710, 5420, 5750, 5470, 5670, 5390
Arizona, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, parts of California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nevada, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah, Texas USA
Phil Murphy, Chair
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
WEBSITE www.scnrli.org
USA/Caribbean - Sunshine Division
Districts 6950, 6960, 6970, 6980, 6990, 6890, 6930, 6940, 6900, 6910, 6920, 7000, 7020,7030
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, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago
Robert Arnold, Chair
Brenda Wendt, Chair-Elect
Margie Kersey, Chair-Nominee
Louis Venuti, Treasurer
WEBSITE www.rlitraining.org
USA- Zone 33 Division
Zone 33 -7530, 7550, 7570, 7600, 7610, 7620, 7630, 7670, 7680, 7690, 7710, 7720, 7730, 7750, 7770
Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, Eastern Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina USA
Michael Ellington, Chair
Michael.ellington@mail.wvu.edu
Bevin Wall, Executive Director
WEBSITE www.RLI33.org
Venezuela Division
Districts 4380, 4370
Ruben J. Luna M., Chair