PacIOOS Announces New Director
PacIOOS Announces New Director
Posted February 1, 2016Congratulations to Melissa Iwamoto on her promotion to Director of PacIOOS. Melissa has been an integral part of the PacIOOS program over the past four years and served as the Deputy Director since August 2014. Melissa has been working in the Pacific Islands region for the past 16 years, with more than a decade of that time spent coordinating and managing community engagement, resource conservation and planning, and ocean observing efforts. Her tenure in the Pacific Islands began as a coastal management officer with Peace Corps in Yap State of the Federated States of Micronesia, where she worked for 3 years. Prior to her time with PacIOOS, Melissa was a Planner for the State of Hawai’i Coastal Zone Management Program, focusing on community-based marine resource management and adaptation to climate change.
