Advocate for and unite all Micronesian islanders, preserve our heritage, promote social justice and build leaders of tomorrow.

Community Leadership and Advocacy Network for the Compact of Free Association states of ROP, RMI and FSM. Currently a member of the steering committee driving the project for the 2018 SURVEYS OF MICRONESIAN MIGRANTS IN THE US MAINLAND.

Qualified Medical Interpreter with the State of Oregon and Palau Language Interpreter / Translator, Contractor, 12/2016 to Present. License Number: 010606

Successfully completed Certified Application Counselor (CAC) Curriculum and Certified through Health Insurance Marketplace. Assisted the Compact of Free Association (COFA) citizens enroll in Affordable Care (ACA) to receive Health Care Premium Assistance.

Collaborate and work in inclusive environment to plan, organize, and raise funds for community events.

Advocate and build consensus with diverse groups and local governments, finding source of funds from Trust Funds/Grantors, and other stakeholders. Steering Committee member worked on a 13-day Job Training for 25 PI members to become Certified Community Health Workers. Facilitated four (4) topics at the training: Leadership and Advocacy Skills, Cross-Cultural Skills, Disease Process 1 (Communicable Disease), and Communications Skills.

Board member of "Friends of the Milwaukie Center, Inc", a division of North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District. We network and raise funds to support the Nutrition Program such as Meals on Wheels, Transportation Services, Health Services, Social Services, and other projects to benefit the community. Please refer to http://ncprd.com/milwaukie-center for additional information.

Raise awareness and raise funds to support meals on wheels, classes and activities at the Center.

Meals on Wheels

Financial, Management, Economic Development.

Joined the PCOC Board on March 2013 as a Board Member until April 2, 2014.April 2, 2014 was elected Vice President of the PCOC Board.PCOC Legislative Committee Co-Chair since March 2013 to Current.

Overall Transition Committee Chairperson

While in Palau I was an Ex-Officio Board Member of NDBP, Ex-Officio Board Member of the Financial Institution Commission, Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce, Legislative Committee Co-Chair, Member of Palau Organic Growers Association (POGA), President of Bankers Association, Member of Palau Rotary Club, Overall Chairperson for the Angaur Governor Transition Committee, and currently serving as a Consultant for the Angaur Governor.As the President / CEO of the NDBP• Reported directly to the NDBP Board of Directors• Directly supervised NDBP Operations Manager and the Chief Financial Officer• Had functional relationship witho Office of the President, Republic Of Palau o Ministry of Administrationo Senate Ways & Means Committeeo House Committee on Ways and Means Financial Matterso Office of the Public Auditoro External Auditorso Financial Institutions Commission• Provided leadership, general management, coordination and delegation of administrative functions and overall business activities and managed day to day operations.• Contributed significantly to strategic planning and decision making.• Ensured the Bank’s assets and liabilities were managed to best advantage and maximized the return to shareholders.• Developed a high level of staff competency through coaching and mentoring and established a strong customer-driven culture.• Managed business development and marketing for the Bank.• Ensured Bank Compliance with all regulatory reporting, legislative requirements, internal controls, policies and procedures.

Managerial and Leadership: Supervisory Examiner and Acting Deputy CommissionerPromoted quickly to Supervisor - recommended and was tasked with starting a newly formed Non-Depository Unit from the inception to a functional unit. Within six months of managing the new unit, hired and trained ten additional staff members, and within a year brought the Division into compliance with the statute and regulation of completing examinations timely and correcting all audit findings.Promoted again and managed the Division's two locations in two different cities consisting of 39 FTEs with various units such as licensing, consumer complaints/investigation, examination, enforcement/disciplinary committee.Business DevelopmentExpanded the Division's presence in community by becoming a member and speaker of Fight Fraud Taskforce – regularly met with licensees, community leaders, interested group, and FDIC staff members.Educated and networked through trade organization such as Association of Credit Counseling Professionals (ACCPro) - key speaker at the Regulator Panel for the ACCPro and a Wells Fargo UPHLC trainer, 2002.Developed new and managed existing licensee relationships with licensing and examinations such as Capital One (7/2011). Licensee was so impressed with the exemplary work that they wrote a letter to the Governor of Nevada. Project Design and ManagementDesigned and helped developed a consumer complaints reporting system (Complaint DB) for the Division (FID). The system consolidated three existing complaints systems into one, creating time savings of five hours per job per examiner in reviewing complaints. Oversaw the testing and implementation of the new $500,000 VERSA system for FID. An “out-of the box” licensing system which I expanded to include examination module and complaint/enforcement module – making the system a total package system to manage businesses from licensing to examinations/reviews (enforcement) to the closing of businesses.

OPERATIONS ANALYSTS, OPERATIONS MANAGER I & II 6/1995 – 3/2002 and COMPLIANCE CONSULTANT 3/2002 –8/2003• Managed a fast-paced and deadline-oriented department with 10-15 staff members• Administered compliance with various state Unclaimed Property Statutes for 53 Reporting Jurisdictions. • Managed the unclaimed property software, coordinated over a 100 business lines' unclaimed property requirements and prepared over 500 reports required by various states and jurisdictions.• Bank Secrecy Act (BSA): CIP, OFAC, FinCEN, Serbanes-Oxley Act, CTR, SAR, IRS, and etc. Ensured Branch Support Operations and Wholesale Operations were in Compliance with regulatory requirements. • Utilized various business units' computer systems to review and validate compliance with regulatory requirements: MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Hogan (WEBS), DIPR, Axcis, APECS, IR, FK (ARP application), MTS (Wire Transfer Services), updated Risk Assessment in the MARC System.