Although the richest opportunities for Alaska Native corporations have come from government contracting, construction, or other little-seen services, some familiar customer-facing brands are also under Native ownership.
Bering Straits Native Corporation promoted attorney Jenna Krohn to Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.
Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC), the regional corporation for the Nome and the Seward Peninsula, is welcoming a new CEO and a new president.
Aleknagik Natives Ltd., a village corporation near Dillingham, selected Miriam Aarons, previously an executive at Bering Straits Native Corporation, as its President and CEO.
The board of directors of Bering Straits Native Corporation approved a $2 million investment in Graphite One to complete a feasibility study for a mine near Nome.
The state-run “Made in Alaska” program provides a relatively easy way for makers to promote the Alaska authenticity of their goods. How about getting even more local? Alaska Native corporations have launched shareholder directories that allow members and nonmembers to look up and support businesses owned by other corporation shareholders or descendants.
Five business leaders are joining the Alaska Business Hall of Fame, selected by their peers and to be honored by Junior Achievement.
All together Alaska Native regional corporations reported more than $10.5 billion in revenue last year—revenue that creates opportunities; protects their lands, culture, and resources; and provides investment opportunities for the entire state and, more importantly, their shareholders.
Bering Straits Native Corporation has grown as a company in large part because the leadership driving the company has grown and evolved. President and CEO Gail R. Schubert is an original BSNC shareholder, an Inupiaq Eskimo born and raised in Unalakleet.