Melissa Poe is the overall coordinator for the Cross-Pacific Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative. Melissa is a social scientist at Washington Sea Grant and leads the Integrated Knowledge and Education team. She earned a PhD in Environmental Anthropology from the University of Washington, with a specialization in ethnoecology, Indigenous resource management, community-based participatory action research, food systems and well-being. Melissa collaborates with Northwest Tribes and First Nations on intertidal cultural-ecosystems and traditional knowledge such as clam gardens, herring spawn on kelp, and climate resilience. Melissa is a founding steering committee member of the Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative.