Record percentage of Shareholders voted online.
Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation Shareholders have elected three Board members, including two with decades in combined service and a Descendant Shareholder. Descendant Shareholders are Shareholders born after the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed on December 17, 1971.
Two board members, Paul George Guy, representing Unit 4, and Johnnie Evan, representing Unit 5, have been re-elected by Shareholders. Calista’s newly elected Director is Chris Kolerok, representing Unit 6. Kolerok, a Descendant Shareholder, was previously appointed to this seat by the Board as an interim Director when a previous Director resigned.
This year’s Annual Meeting was held in-person at Nunam Iqua, following approval by the local Tribe.
“We continue to implement a goal set by Calista’s early leaders to host an Annual Meeting in all of the communities in the Calista Region, so we can reach as many Shareholders as possible. After the meeting in Nunam Iqua this year, we will have held a meeting in 35 communities in the Region,” said Board Chair Willie Kasayulie.
This year, 11 communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region achieved a 70 percent or higher voting rate. Of all voters, over 8 in 10 have voted online, including 2 in 3 in Elders. This is an all-time record for the percentage of votes cast online.
The Inspector of Elections was Sramek-Hightower, a certified public accounting firm which validated and counted all votes and certified the election. Learn more at www.calistacorp.com/AnnualMeeting.
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