Every year, Calista Corporation Shareholders participate in an Annual Meeting to elect members to the Board of Directors, vote on any proposed resolutions, and receive updates on Calista’s business operations. Because of the high cost of travel, these meetings are held in a different community each year.

2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

2024 Annual Meeting Theme

Image that reads Ciunerkaput Elluarqurluku

Ciunerkaput Elluarqurluku (“Constantly perfecting our path forward”)

Read our Yup’ik Teaching Moment about Ciunerkaput Elluarqurluku in the May/June 2024 Storyknife newsletter.

Did you know?

In 2023, a record-breaking 80 percent of Shareholders voted online, saving ~1,300 pounds of paper! #SaveTreesForMaqiis

  • Voting Materials

    Note: Posted in 2024 November/December Storyknife edition, page 10, mailed November 22, 2024.

    IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING DELIVERY OF SHAREHOLDER DOCUMENTS 

    Dear Calista Corporation Shareholder, The following serves as a notice to Calista Corporation (“Calista”) Shareholders regarding the delivery of Annual Meeting materials.
    For each Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calista will distribute materials using the methods outlined below:
    DEFAULT: Print and mail two items 
    This option uses an estimated 80-100 pages of paper per household. For reference, in 2024, nearly 11,000 pounds of paper were used for this method.
    1. Annual Meeting packet (one per last name, per household*): This large packet (about 10” by 13”) is mailed via USPS First Class and includes the Annual Report book with audited financials, a Proxy Booklet (candidate and current Director info, agenda, proxy prize lists, and more), and a comment card. Other items may be included as necessary.
    2. Proxy Voting Form (one per voting Shareholder): Each individual voting Shareholder will receive via standard envelope mailed via USPS First Class containing an official Proxy Voting Form and a postage-paid return envelope addressed to the Inspector of Elections (not Calista). The back of each Proxy Voting Form will include the Shareholder’s name, PIN to vote online, number of shares owned, number of votes available and other details.
    OPTIONAL: Electronic Delivery option (requires opt-in)
    The electronic delivery option for the Annual Meeting packet uses less than two pages of paper per person.
    1. Email: An email is sent to each Shareholder who opted for electronic delivery. The email contains a link to the Annual Meeting materials, the PIN to vote online, and a link to the online voting website CalistaVote.com.
    2. Mailed PIN letter (one per voting Shareholder): As a backup to email, a single piece of paper is mailed via USPS First Class to each Shareholder who opts for electronic delivery. The letter notes that Annual Meeting materials are available electronically, the PIN to vote a CalistaVote.com, and a link to the online voting website.
    * For the default mailing option, “one per last name, per household” means a single Annual Meeting packet will be sent to Shareholders with the same mailing address and last name. For example, if one person named Charlie Salmon lives at the same address as two minors with the same or similar last name (like Chinook-Salmon or Chinook Salmon), they are reasonably considered to be the same household.
    Regardless of whether they share the last name and address or signed up for electronic delivery of the Annual Meeting packet, each voting Shareholder will receive his or her own individual Proxy Voting Form by mail.
    If you are part of a household of multiple Shareholders and wish to receive your own Annual Meeting packet, you may “opt out” by either calling Shareholder Services at 1-800- 277-5516 or sending a signed and dated letter with your full name, phone number, mailing address and your year of birth to the address below. Within 30 days of receiving notification that you have opted out, Calista will start sending individual copies of the Annual Meeting packet, beginning with the next mailing of the Annual Meeting packet.
    Staff, management and the Calista Board appreciate your cooperation and support to reduce the amount of paper used for Annual Meeting materials. For 2024, those who opted for electronic delivery of Annual Meeting materials saved about 1,800 pounds of paper.

    Did you know?

    The average Shareholder completes online voting in less than 4 minutes.

  • Where’s My PIN?

    Regardless of how you receive Annual Meeting materials, your online voting PIN is available using our PIN Lookup Tool on the day that materials are mailed.

    Receive Annual Meeting materials by mail? Your PIN is located on the back of your Proxy Form. You can also look up your PIN on the same day materials go in the mail.

    Receive Annual Meeting materials electronically? You will receive your PIN by email on the mail date, and you will also receive a first-class postage mailer with your PIN.

    What should I do if I lose or forget my voting PIN?

    Use the PIN Lookup Tool on our voting site. Enter your full birthdate (MM/DD/YYYY, for example 01/02/2021) and the last 4 of your SSN.

  • Proxy Prizes and Deadlines

    Who receives proxy votes and selects proxy prize winners?

    All proxy votes and ballots are received, verified, and counted by the independent Inspector of Elections (not Calista staff).

    All proxy prize winners are randomly drawn by the Inspector of Elections. The Inspector of Elections is Sramek-Hightower, a certified public accounting firm with offices in Anchorage.

    Did you know?

    Proxy prizes are only awarded if quorum is reached and the Annual Meeting is valid.

  • FAQs on Campaigning and Endorsements

    As a Shareholder, can I campaign for any candidate of my choosing on social media?

    Yes. However, please be aware Alaska law requires any person who distributes materials (posts, comments or shares) relating to proxy solicitations to at least 30 Alaska resident Shareholders must send the materials to the Alaska Division of Banking and Securities at the same time the materials are distributed to Shareholders. This includes any materials published on the Internet. Shareholders may meet this legal requirement by emailing the proxy materials to ancsa@alaska.gov.

    I don’t know any of the candidates. Who should I vote for?

    Pursuant to the Calista Bylaws and Election Policies and Procedures, the Calista Board has endorsed candidates: Myron P. Naneng, Sr. for Unit 1, Audrey Alstrom for Unit 2, Glenn J. Ivanoff for Unit 3, and Ronald B. Hoffman for the At-Large Unit. Biographical information and a personal statement from each candidate are provided in the Proxy Statement, and at www.calistavote.com.

    Why are there Board-endorsed candidates?

    The Calista Board believes that it would be good to let the Shareholders know which candidates the Board has determined would best serve Calista and the Shareholders. This year the Board has endorsed four candidates: Myron P. Naneng, Sr. for Unit 1, Audrey Alstrom for Unit 2, Glenn J. Ivanoff for Unit 3, and Ronald B. Hoffman for the At-Large Unit. Information on the candidates can be found at our Board Slate webpage.

    Is it legal for the Board to endorse one or more board candidates?

    Yes, Alaska law permits ANCSA corporation boards to endorse candidates. Top-performing corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, often endorse board candidates.

    Why should I vote for Board-endorsed candidates?

    Calista has been growing fast, has been consistently profitable for a number of years, and has been increasing distributions and other benefits to Shareholders. Voting for Board-endorsed candidates is a way to express support for Calista’s leadership and help it continue to produce positive results for the Shareholders. We encourage all Shareholders to review the Annual Report in detail to learn more about Calista’s performance this last year.

  • Meeting Location

    The location for the June 6, 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is TBD.

    Anchorage was the location for the June 7, 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at the Dena’ina Center.

    Since the cost of travel is expensive for Shareholders, annual meetings are held in a different community every year. Meeting locations in the Calista Region are selected by the Board of Directors. Also, the Annual Meeting of Shareholders is held at least once every five years in Bethel, and at least once every seven years in Anchorage.

    Did you know?

    Only Bethel, Kasigluk, Aniak, Anchorage and St. Mary’s have hosted more than one Annual Meeting in Calista’s history (through 2024).

  • Quorum – If Too Few Shareholders Vote

    More than 50 percent of Calista shares must be voted to reach quorum and conduct a valid Annual Meeting.

    If too few Shareholders vote, the Annual Meeting must be rescheduled, costing Calista and its Shareholders significant time, effort, and money. Also, proxy prizes are only awarded if quorum is reached.

    Historically, the average Shareholder voting participation of all Annual Meetings is only 51.15%. For the 2017-2022 Annual Meetings, less than 4 in 10 Shareholders 18-39 years old voted. And less than half of Shareholders in their 40s voted during that timeframe.

    Quorum definition

  • Shareholder Awards

    2024 Calista Corporation Shareholder Awards: See the Winners!

    Calista Shareholder Awards recognize exceptional efforts by Shareholders to uphold the cultural values of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and its communities. Each award recipient will receive a plaque and $1,500.

    Calista's 2024 Shareholder Award Recipients: Audrey Leary, Shareholder of the Year; Elizabeth Kasayuli, Culture Bearer; Fr., Stanley Heckman, Elder of the Year; Janet Andrew, Educator of the Year; Daphne Nicholai, Blackbull Native Store, Business of the Year.

    Calista’s 2024 Shareholder Award Recipients: Audrey Leary, Shareholder of the Year; Elizabeth Kasayuli, Culture Bearer; Fr. Stanley Heckman, Elder of the Year; Janet Andrew, Educator of the Year; Daphne Nicholai, Blackbull Native Store, Business of the Year.

    See the List and Bios of Shareholder Award Winners
  • Quick Facts

    Quick Facts

    • Through 2024, a total of 35 communities have hosted annual meetings
    • Annual Meeting Packets are now delivered one per Shareholder household. See the “Voting Materials” section above for details.
    • From 2019-2020, Shareholders who opted to receive Annual Meeting materials electronically saved over 2,300 pounds of paper
    • Online voting was first made available in 2014
    • Of Calista’s roughly 38,000 Shareholders, about 7,300 are original Shareholders
    • On average, only 5.1 of every 10 Shareholders vote
    • Less than 4 minutes: The time it takes a majority of Shareholders to vote online at CalistaVote.com
    • Over 6 in 10: The number of Shareholders who voted online since 2018
    • Over 1 in 3: The number of voting Elders who voted online since 2019