Nearly 13,500 Shareholders Eligible for Final Drawings
June 4, 2026
(Anchorage, Alaska) – Ten Calista Corporation Shareholders are winners of the final drawings for the Online Regular and Regular proxy prizes in the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The prizes are randomly drawn by Sramek Hightower, a certified public accounting firm in Anchorage that serves as the Inspector of Elections.
Nearly 13,500 Shareholders who voted by paper or online by 5 p.m. on June 1 qualified for the Online Regular and Regular proxy prizes. Three Online Regular prize winners were drawn from valid proxy votes cast online. Seven Regular prize winners were drawn from all valid paper and online proxy votes. The winners are:
- $5,000 Online Regular Prize – Johnathan J.J. Stewart (Tuntutuliak)
- $2,500 Online Regular and Regular Prizes –
- Jermaine A. Hootch (Emmonak)
- Amanda J. Geyer (Canoga Park, CA)
- $1,000 Online Regular and Regular Prizes –
- Carol R. Cleveland (Quinhagak)
- Aezlynn L. Carl (Tuntutuliak)
- Kayla A. Phillip (Fairbanks)
- Cameron W. Debilt (Fairbanks)
- Kayla A. Tyson (Bethel)
- Karen O. Greene (Pilot Station)
- Mary T. Twito (Bethel)
Seven in 10 voting Elders voted online. Nearly 9 in 10 voting Shareholders did so online.
This year’s Annual Meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m., Friday, June 5, in Bethel at the Ayaprun Elitnaurvik School Gymnasium.
“Every Shareholder counts. This year we are returning to Bethel for our Annual Meeting to reach Shareholders in the largest hub community of the Calista Region,” said Thom Aparuk Leonard, vice president of corporate affairs. “We also remain committed to the goal of early Calista leaders, our Elders, to hold the Annual Meeting in every Yukon-Kuskokwim village in the Region.”
Learn more about the Annual Meeting at www.CalistaCorp.com/AnnualMeeting.
Calista Corporation has about 39,500 Shareholders and is the parent company of more than 40 subsidiaries in the following industries: defense contracting, construction, real estate, environmental services, natural resource development, marine transportation, oilfield services, and heavy equipment sales, service and rentals. Since inception, Calista has declared more than $180 million in dividends and distributions, including $13.7 million in Elders’ Benefit Program distributions to Shareholders. Since 1994, Calista Education and Culture has provided more than $7.7 million in scholarships to Calista Shareholders and Descendants. Calista can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/CalistaCorporation), YouTube (www.youtube.com/calistacorp) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/calistacorp).