Inspiring Women Fall 2017

Regional Inspiration: Region 11
Region 11 covers Asia/Pacific and currently we have five clubs: American Women’s Club of
Perth (Australia), American Club Shanghai (China), American Women’s Club of Mumbai
(India), American Women’s Club of Korea (Korea) and American Women’s Club of the
Philippines (Philippines).
My name is Jodie Sovak and I am the new Regional
Coordinator for Region 11. I grew up in New York, NY but I
have lived in India with my husband since 2004. I am a
member of the American Women’s Club of Mumbai
where I have acted as Parliamentarian at AWC annual
Board meetings. I also had the pleasure of coordinating
the speakers for the most recent FAWCO Biennial
Conference that took place in Mumbai.
Region 11 is so vast that it presents a challenge. I have yet
to visit any of the clubs other then my own, but now that I
am the Coordinator, I am super keen to do so. I want to
find ways that we can stay connected and share ideas. I
am new in my FAWCO role but after meeting amazing
women at the Mumbai conference, I look forward to
digging in! FAWCO is about friendship and a global force
of women advocating for women’s issues worldwide.
I have been in the world of education for many years. After graduating from Vanderbilt
University in 1994, I moved back home to New Jersey and taught high school mathematics in
both public and private schools in the New York metropolitan area for the next decade. In
the final two years, just before moving to India, I was a full-time graduate student at Montclair
State University where I taught undergraduate math courses while completing my Master’s
degree in Mathematics.
Five years after moving to India, it was a thrill when I was able to return to a school setting with
my then three-year-old daughter to start her life as a student. It was shortly after that I joined
the American School of Bombay team, first as an Admissions Officer and later as the Head of
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