Oil Patch Bits: Calista board appoints Guy president & CEO

Calista Corp. said Oct. 11 that the ANCSA regional corporation for the Yukon and Kuskokwim Delta region board of directors appointed Andrew Guy as president and CEO of Calista during a special meeting held Oct. 10, 2010. “Andrew Guy is an outstanding choice for this position and we look forward to working with him. Andrew has our complete confidence to take Calista forward,” said Arthur Heckman, chairman of the board of directors. Guy is a 1985 graduate of University of Alaska Fairbanks in Business Administration, a 1995 graduate of the University of Colorado Law School and a member of the Alaska Bar Association. He is a Shareholder of Calista and Napaskiak Inc. At the same meeting, the board acted to terminate the employment contract of Matthew Nicolai. Nicolai had been president and CEO of Calista Corp. since 1994. The second largest of the original 13 Native corporations, Calista was established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 and represents more than 13,000 shareholders.