President's Message
Kevin Hostler, President and CEO

Alyeska promotes diversity through hiring practices

In October I had the opportunity to speak at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage. Alyeska has a history of working side by side with Alaska’s first people, both along the pipeline and in urban areas like Anchorage and Fairbanks.  We demonstrate our commitment through scholarships and training programs, through our hiring practices and through the way we manage our company and our community relations. 

Before the pipeline was even constructed, Alyeska made a pledge to the Alaska Native community called the Alaska Native Utilization Agreement, or ANUA.  It’s our promise to recruit, train, employ and promote Alaska Natives. That’s good for Alaska Natives, but it’s also good for Alyeska. The Alaska Native program has brought great talent to Alyeska and it helps us keep our focus on what’s important to Alaskans. 

Alyeska invests in Alaska Native young people, by supporting public schools along the pipeline with volunteers and funding. Students from all over the state of Alaska benefit from Alyeska scholarships.  Each year Alyeska provides $750,000 (seven-hundred fifty-thousand) to help Native students attending high schools, colleges and universities and technical training programs. Since 1996, Alyeska has awarded more than $8 million in scholarships to Alaska Native students pursuing higher education.   

Many companies make a commitment to hiring locally or to having a diverse work force. At Alyeska, that commitment is a reality.  Today, 20% of the Alyeska workforce is Alaska Native --- and Alaska Natives are employed in all areas of the company, holding many levels of responsibility.  We also require our contractors to pursue these same Native hire goals. 

At Alyeska pipeline our goal is to train youth for careers in our industry, employ them at an early age and support them in pursuing a successful and rewarding career.