Melissa Zarn Urankar is an Assistant Professor and Director of IPE at Southern College of Optometry (SCO). She is the lead instructor for the IPE Series course and is engaged in curriculum development to enhance IPE and collaborative practice opportunities for students at SCO. She is Co-Chair of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative Mentoring Program Workgroup, a consulting member of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry IPE and Collaborative Practice Committee and founding chair of ASCO’s IPECP Special Interest Group, and Tennessee Interprofessional Practice and Education Consortium’s Board Treasurer and Membership and Communications Working Group Co-Chair.