CONTACT US:

ABC Language Exchange
135 West 29th Street, Suite 1204
New York, NY 10001

TELEPHONE: (212) 563-7580
FAX: (212) 563-7511
E-MAIL: info@abclang.com

*PLEASE NOTE: We also hold classes at our sister school so be sure to ask a staff member where your class will take place.

GEOS Language Institute
1133 Broadway, Suite 1520
(Between 25th & 26th)

GEOS Language Institute
350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 612
(Emprie State Building)

Elizabeth Lunney, Co-Founder of ABC Language Exchange, is fluent in French, Italian, German and Spanish and is currently learning Arabic. She has taught French, German, Italian and ESL for more than a decade. Ms. Lunney has lived and studied in France, Italy and the UK. She also lived in Berlin, Germany for two years where she worked for the Treuhandanstalt. Ms. Lunney holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from Boston University. Ms. Lunney is frequently asked to share her knowledge of languages by the media. Click here to view Elizabeth on a segment of the PBS show Real Simple. (Windows Media 10mb, 6min). In her free time, Ms. Lunney loves to travel and is a bit of an old film and pop-culture buff.  She is also an avid runner and loves to take a jog near her parents’ homes in Molokai, HI and Big Sur, CA.

Rachel Meyer is Co-Founder of ABC Language Exchange. Ms. Meyer's experience in language learning and training spans over fifteen years. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish as well as proficient in French and American Sign Language. She has taught and directed programs in English, Chinese and Spanish for private schools and language schools here and abroad. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Chinese studies from Smith College. Ms. Meyer lived in Taiwan for three years where she taught English and furthered her Chinese studies on a graduate level. In 1997 Ms. Meyer acted in a popular Chinese television show called "Adventures in New York" shown on mainland Chinese national television. She was elected and served on the board of the Chinese Teacher's Association of Greater New York from 2002-2004. Ms. Meyer has written articles on language learning for various publications and has been featured in the New York Times, New York Magazine, Crain's of New York and The Daily News. Although she has an affinity for Asian culture, you will never get her to sing Karaoke.

Kib G. Bibens is the COO of ABC Language Exchange. He oversees the daily operations of the schools in all locations and is responsible for our IT infrastructure. Kib graduated with a BA in French and a minor in German from Texas Tech University in 2001; he later became certified as a French instructor in the states of Texas and New York. Kib was awarded 1st place on the American Association of Teachers of French National French Exam in high school, and became a member of Pi Delta Phi (French) and Delta Phi Alpha (German) Honor Societies as an undergraduate. He is currently working on his MA in Foreign Language Education at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He is also studying Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Arabic. In his free time, Kib is a board member of Golden Door Productions, a not-for-profit theatrical production company. Kib is also an avid technophile who has an insatiable gadget addiction. His other interests include cosmology, astronomy, and sci-fi/fantasy gaming and fiction.

Liz Smith is the Private Program Manager at ABC Language Exchange in New York. She takes care of all of the private clientele. Liz graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park with a BA in French languages and literatures and Secondary Education. Now that she is fluent in French, she hopes to continue her foreign language fever by learning Italian, Spanish and ASL, then hopefully many more languages in the future! She grew up in the DC Metropolitan area of Maryland and recently started her first year living in the Big Apple. Outside of the office, Liz loves traveling whenever and wherever she can. She also can never read enough books, more often than not girlie fiction novels, or even more so re-reading Harry Potter books and watching the movies over and over again.

Roxie M. Benchimol is ABC’s Director of Human Resources. She obtained a BA in Philosophy and Literature from Eugene Lang College of the New School and is currently also pursuing her PhD in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. Her focus is on Ordinary Language Philosophy, specifically in light of the gap between Continental and Analytic traditions. Roxie has been teaching German and German Literature at ABC since 2004. And she has recently begun to teach a graduate seminar on German philosophical texts at the New School. She grew up in Saudi Arabia and Austria and speaks German and English fluently, translates Latin and some Ancient Greek, and sometimes mutters some Spanish and French. In her free time she enjoys reading, traveling, spending time with her husband, indulging in feline ornithology with her three cats, and the occasional glass or two of champagne.