Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
Melissa Ferreira is an experienced paralegal with a strong background in managing legal records and probate processes. Currently serving as the Manager of Shareholder Records and previously as Paralegal and Probate Manager at Cook Inlet Region, Inc. since June 2021, Melissa has also held senior roles, including Senior Paralegal and Manager of Records Department at Arctic Slope Regional Corporation from December 2017 to May 2021. Prior experience includes positions at Stoel Rives LLP as a Litigation Paralegal and Practice Assistant from March 2011 to December 2017, and as a Legal Assistant at DeLisio Moran Geraghty & Zobel, P.C. from May 2007 to February 2011. Education was completed at East Anchorage High School from 1996 to 2000.
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
CIRI is an Alaska Native corporation. It is one of 12 Alaska-based regional corporations established by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 to benefit Alaska Natives who had ties to the Cook Inlet region. The Company is owned by more than 8,500 shareholders of Athabascan and Southeast Indian, Inupiat, Yup'ik, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq and Aleut/Unangax descent.