Oil Patch Bits: Calista has new relations specialist in Bethel

Calista Corp. said July 14 that it has hired Daisy May Barrera to serve as the Bethel-based shareholder relations specialist. While the corporation’s headquarters are in Anchorage, the business center of the state, the management team feels that it is crucial to have an employee based in the Calista region’s main hub of Bethel. Barrera will interact with Calista shareholders and both regional and village organizations in the region.

Barrera, a Calista shareholder from Nunapitchuk, is providing assistance to more than 13,000 shareholders and tens of thousands of descendants in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region. Among other duties, she is supporting Calista shareholders and descendants with information updates, including address and status changes. Barrera will also assist shareholders who are executing ANSCA stock wills and stock transfer cases.

Barrera has served as a translator for more than 30 years at local and national levels, has previous experience as an advocate for the Tundra Women’s Coalition, held various positions for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. including as a behavioral health counselor and corporate training development specialist, and has served as a board member for YKHC and is a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus and is continuing her education in social work.