Banny de Brum graduated from Regis University (Denver, Colorado) in 1981 with a B.A.
[citation needed] He was later assigned to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Embassy in Washington in 1987 as Deputy Chief of Mission.
In 1995, he became Chargé d'Affaires when Ambassador Wilfred Kendall resigned to seek a seat in the RMI parliament.
as Acting Permanent Representative in the absence of the RMI Ambassador to the United Nations.
This committee, composed of representatives of all Pacific Embassies including the three Freely Associated States (Micronesia, Palau and the RMI), promotes regional, political and cultural interests in the capital.