Andrew Guy, President and CEO
Storyknife, March/April 2025 edition
Calista Corporation is a company built on the traditional values of our Central Yup’ik and Athabascan Shareholders. Our past and our future has been guided with the important lessons passed from our ancestors to us. Our subsistence way of life has taught us how to weather the storm, adapt to changes and be resilient in one of the harshest climates. Our Mission is centered around these values.
Our Mission is to “improve the economic and social well-being of our Shareholders and communities through growth, leadership, collaboration and financial discipline.”
One of the ways we seek to improve the economic and social well-being of our Shareholders is advocacy. Through Calista’s advocacy efforts, we monitor and engage in the issues that affect us in the Region and on a statewide and national level.
Calista has a history of advocating for our communities. In the 1980s we advocated for better runways due to our dependence on air travel in the Region, and it bore fruit. We saw more modern runways built, but we still have a lot of work for many of our communities.
Working as a team will allow us to focus our efforts on sustainable and steady growth and improving the well-being of our Shareholders and communities.
Andrew Guy, Calista Corp. President/CEO
Our advocacy efforts include making sure our Shareholders have a seat at the table.
For example, Calista donated to the Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association to support the attendance of Calista Shareholders at the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council special meeting on chum bycatch in February. Healthy salmon runs are central to our traditional way of living to provide for our families. The donation ensured our Shareholders have a seat at the table when it comes to decisions that affect the lives of other Shareholders living in the Region.
There are changes in our state and our country that are similar to changes in the environment from season to season. We must be prepared for the next season like our ancestors have taught us.
As we’ve renewed our Strategic Goals for 2025-2029, we are looking to continue our growth as a corporation. Our growth as a company will rely on our staff to work as a team. Our core value of teamwork and meeting our commitments to each other guides us as Calista.
Working as a team will allow us to focus our efforts on sustainable and steady growth and improving the well-being of our Shareholders and communities. We grow stronger as our Shareholders grow stronger.