Elisapeta Eteuati Kerslake is the UN Coordination Specialist at the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office based in Samoa and looks after four Pacific Island countries: Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau. Her role involves engaging with the UN Country Teams and countries on the UN Reforms; identifying and engaging potential partnerships to support the countries priorities and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals; coordinating the development of joint programmes and resource mobilization
strategies.
Elisapeta has over 10 years of development and programme management experience in the UN and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia). She previously worked in the private sector as a marketing specialist in the manufacturing and information technology sectors. She is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand.