Organizations

Municipal government of Cordova, Alaska (Prince William Sound). City Council, Planning Commission.

Federal agency stewarding Alaska's 17 national park units — including Denali, Glacier Bay, Katmai, Wrangell-St. Elias, and Gates of the Arctic — totaling over 54 million acres.

Association of Village Council Presidents — regional tribal consortium representing 56 federally-recognized tribes in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

Home of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force, veterans services, and homeland security for the state. Operates Alaska's disaster response and emergency management.

Considers legislation on criminal and civil law, court system administration, public safety, and judicial appointments.

Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, part of the state Department of Natural Resources, managing Alaska's state park units.

Tribal health and services consortium for the Chugach region (Prince William Sound).

GCI (General Communication Inc.), an Alaska-based telecommunications company providing internet, wireless, and cable service.

Huna Totem Corporation, Hoonah's Alaska Native village corporation, develops tourism and real estate projects including cruise vessels and the Áak'w Landing.

Cooperative body coordinating transmission across the Alaska Railbelt electrical grid.

Federal agency that grants patents and registers trademarks. Source of granted patents to Alaska inventors and applicants.

Alaska's public university system comprising University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and University of Alaska Southeast. Governed by the Board of Regents.

ANCSA regional corporation for the Aleutians and Pribilof Islands region; Unangan/Aleut shareholders

Member-owned electric cooperative serving the Kenai Peninsula, from Kenai and Soldotna south to Homer and across Kachemak Bay.

Alaska Native regional corporation for Northwest Arctic Alaska, owned by Inupiat shareholders. Partnership on the Red Dog Mine and operator of major Alaska tourism and engineering businesses.

Alaska's largest private employer and health system; runs Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage plus hospitals in Valdez, Seward, Kodiak, and the Mat-Su.

Regional tribal nonprofit serving 13 tribes across the Aleutians and Pribilof Islands

Federal agency managing trust responsibility, tribal recognition, and federal programs for Alaska's 229 federally-recognized tribes

Employee-owned utility providing electricity and telecommunications to dozens of small communities across Southeast and Interior Alaska.

Annual 12-day fair held each August in Palmer. Best known for record-setting giant vegetables, livestock shows, and Mat-Su agriculture. Operates Borealis Theater year-round.

Member-owned cooperative providing electricity to dozens of remote rural Alaska villages, largely off the road system and dependent on diesel and renewable microgrids.

Alaska Native regional corporation for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the second-largest ANCSA corporation by shareholder count. Owned by Yup'ik, Cup'ik, and Athabascan shareholders.

Historic port city at the head of Resurrection Bay, terminus of the Alaska Railroad, home of the Alaska SeaLife Center, and launching point for Kenai Fjords National Park tours.

Kenai Peninsula city on the Kenai River; Soldotna City Council.

Wainwright ANCSA village corporation; government and oilfield contracting.

Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC) — statewide non-profit, membership-funded organization made up of businesses and individuals from all resource sectors (oil and gas, mining, fishing, timber, tourism). Hosts the recurring Breakfast Forum series and other resource-policy conferences.

Federal cabinet department over the Coast Guard, FEMA, TSA, CBP, ICE, and CISA — Arctic maritime security and disaster response in Alaska.

Federal agency managing Alaska's two national forests — the Tongass (17 million acres) and the Chugach (5 million acres), the two largest national forests in the United States.

Juneau-based campus of the University of Alaska System, with branches in Sitka and Ketchikan; focuses on teacher education, fisheries, and Alaska Native languages.

Independent federal agency designed exclusively for Alaska. Funds rural infrastructure: energy, transportation, telecom, bulk fuel, and community-facility projects in remote villages. Created by Congress in 1998.