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Margo Markopoulos
Director
(312) 636-9456
Margo.Markopoulos@Illinois.gov

Lauro Arias
(312) 848-7580
Assistant Director
Lauro.Arias@illinois.gov

Jessica Dooley
Fiscal and Administrative Manager
O: (217) 785-6453
C: (217) 836-4319
Jessica.Dooley2@illinois.gov

Kelly Hou
International Trade Specialist – Asia
773-520-4300
Kelly.hou@illinois.gov

Kevin Kim
International Trade Specialist - Asia-Pacific 
312-833-3081
Kevin.kim@illinois.gov

Edward Lee
International Trade Specialist - Asia-Pacific
773-415-8938
Edward.J.Lee@illinois.gov

Christopher Mallard
State Trade Expansion Program Officer
C: (773) 560-4558
christopher.mallard@illinois.gov

John McCrory
International Marketing Program Manager
(312) 350-1021
John.McCrory@illinois.gov

Sam Ntum
International Trade Specialist
Africa, Middle East
(312) 520-3792
Sam.Ntum@Illinois.gov

Riccardo Navon
International Trade Specialist
Europe and UK
(312) 270-6747
Riccardo.Navon@illinois.gov

Ginta R. Rubin
Manager | FDI
C: (773) 835-1375
Ginta.Rubin@illinois.gov

Chris Sedgwick
International Trade Specialist – The Americas
(312) 204-9480
Chris.Sedgwick@illinois.gov

Asia-Pacific Regional Trade Office
Mr. Motoshi Yamada, Manager
Ascend Akasaka Bldg., 9F
3-2-8 Akasaka, Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-0052 Japan
Phone: 011(81) 3-5561-6005
Fax: 011(81) 3-5561-5657
Email: myamada@gol.com

Canada Trade Office
Mr. Jeffrey Johnson, Manager
366 Adelaide Street East, Suite 224
Toronto, Ontario M5A 3X9, Canada
Phone: 416-695-9888
Fax: 416-695-9891
Email: johnson@iltrade.toronto.on.ca

Latin America & Caribbean Regional Trade Office
Mr. Omar Mendoza, Manager
Torre Mapfre
Paseo de la Reforma 243, floor 18
Col Cuauhtemoc, CDMX, Mexico
CP: 06500
Phone: 011–52-55-5533-6666
Fax: 011-52-55-5533-5163
Email: omendoza@illinoislatinamerica.org

China Trade Office
Mary Ma, Managing Director
No. 1376 Nanjing Road West
Suite 702 Shanghai Centre West Wing
Shanghai, China
Phone: (86) 21 62797038
Email:   maryma@ilchinaoffice.com

Europe Regional Office
Ms. Sharon Stead, Senior Adviser
SilverSquare
Avenue Louise 523
1050 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: 011 (32) 478 224818
Email: sstead@illinoiseurope.com

Middle East Regional Trade Office
Mr. Sherwin Pomerantz, President
Atid EDI Ltd.
POB 45005, Kiryat Mada 5
Har Hotzvim Technology Park
91450 Jerusalem, Israel
Phone: 011 (972) 2-571-0199
Fax: 011 (972) 2-571-0713
E-mail: Sherwin@atid-edi.com