Valerie Segrest (Muckleshoot) is the Executive Director of Feed 7 Generations and Co-Director of the Native Plants and Foods Institute. A Native nutritionist, author, and advocate for Indigenous food sovereignty, she works to restore relationships between people, place, and nourishment through education, storytelling, and community action.

At Feed 7 Generations, Valerie leads efforts to revitalize traditional foodways, strengthen intergenerational learning, and promote wellness rooted in Coast Salish knowledge. Through the Native Plants and Foods Institute, she co-leads a movement to reconnect Tribal and urban Native communities with traditional foods, medicines, and ecological knowledge systems, cultivating the next generation of Indigenous food leaders.

She is also the creator and host of The Old Growth Table podcast, where she curates conversations exploring the intersections of ecology, identity, and belonging, inviting listeners to reimagine what it means to live in reciprocity with the natural world.

Valerie holds degrees in Human Nutrition and Environment & Community and was named one of Seattle’s Most Influential People of 2025. A former Kellogg Food and Community Fellow, her work has been featured by Women’s Day Magazine, Food Network Magazine, the J. Jill “Inspired Women” Campaign, The Seattle Times, The New York Times, and KUOW’s Splendid Table. She also authored the “Indigenous Foodways” column for YES! Magazine and co-authored Feeding Seven Generations: A Salish Cookbook and Indigenous Home Cooking: Menus Inspired by the Ancestors.