CONTACT INFORMATION
- P.O. Box 1697, Koror, PW 96940
- Email: umetpio@gmail.com
EDUCATION
- University of Portland, Oregon
- Bachelor of Arts – Society & Justice
- Xavier High School – Moen, Chuuk
- Glassboro Intermediate School – Glassboro, New Jersey
WORK EXPERIENCE
- January 2025 – Aimeliik Delegate, House of Delegates, 12th Olbiil Era Kelulau
- January 2021 – Present – Aimeliik Delegate, House of Delegates, 11th Olbiil Era Kelulau
- January 2014 – December 2020 – Special Assistant, The Senate, 9th & 10th Olbiil Era
Kelulau - January 2013 – January 2014 – Private Consultancy, Republic of Palau
- January 2009 – January 2013 – Chief of Staff to the Vice President & Minister of
Finance, Republic of Palau - June 2007 – January 2009 – The Senate, Senate Assistant Clerk of Committee Affairs, 7th
Olbiil Era Kelulau• February 2001 – June 2007 – House of Delegates, Committee Assistant,
Public Information Officer, House Assistant Clerk of Committee Affairs, 6th & 7th Olbiil Era Kelulau - October 1998 – January 2001 – Assistant Manager, Western Caroline Trading Company,
Food & Market Division - 1993 – 1998 – Manager, JOETEN Dan Dan Supermarket & Department Store / San Vicente
Food Mart JC Tenorio Enterprises, Saipan, C.N.M.I. - 1991 – 1993 – Manager, Palau General Construction Co. / Umetaro & Sons Construction Co.
- 1985 – 1991 – Counselor, Janis Youth Programs, Multnomah County, State of Oregon
ORGANIZATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS & DELEGATION PARTICIPATION - Traditional Title Bearer: Ibedul, Medorm and Iyechad ra Bedul, Elechui
- Member, Aimeliik State Public Land Authority
- Delegate, Aimeliik State – Palau’s 2nd Constitutional Convention
- Delegate, Aimeliik State – House of Delegates, 11th Olbiil Era Kelulau
- Secretariat, Palau National Group, Asian Pacific Parliamentarians’ Union (2007–2009 & 2014–2020)
- Member, Presidential Task Force Fiber Optic Cable Project
- Palau Delegation: 42nd, 43rd, 44th, and 45th Annual Meeting, ADB Board of Governors –
Temporary Alternate Governor - Palau Delegation: AusAid Development Partner Regional Consultations on the MDGs
- 40th Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting
- AusAid / ADB / WB Consultation Workshop for the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility (PRIF)
- Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the (IMF/WB) International Monetary Fund
& the World Bank Group 2008-2012 – Temporary Alternate Governor - UN ESCAP/DESA Economic Ministers Meeting on The Human Face of the Global
Economic Crisis and the Mid Term Review of the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation - 66th Session of the U.N. ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission of
Asia and the Pacific) – Finance Minister Designate - ADB Transport Forum
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Pacific Island Finance Ministers Association (PIFMA)
Meeting - 14th Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM)
- Pacific Island Forum Regional Workshop on Pacific Regional Aid Effectiveness and
Strengthening Development Coordination - Presentation of the 1st Universal Periodic (UPR) Report before the Human Rights Council
(HRC) of the United Nations – Palau Delegation - 15th Forum Economic Ministers Meeting
- 42nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting