Governor’s North Star Awards for International Excellence Governor’s North Star Awards Winners The Governor’s North Star Awards for International Excellence recognize successful businesses, educational institutions, and organizations that excel in international projects. First established in 1986 as the Governor’s Exporter of the Year Awards, today the Governor’s North Star Awards for International Excellence are presented to honorees for activities as diverse as export of goods or services, investment, tourism, transportation, education, cultural exchange, humanitarian projects, and scientific exchange. Awards are usually made in several categories in any given year, but not necessarily in all categories. 2015 Korean Air for transportation Fugro for scientific exchange Alaska Skylar Travel for foreign investment Northern Alaska Tour Company for tourism 2014 Coeur Alaska Kensington Mine (Export) DAT/EM SystemsInternational (Services) Icelandair (Transportation) Ketchikan Gero Kanayama Exchange (Education) Alaska World Affairs Council (Education 2013 Dowland Bach (Export) Icy Strait Seafoods & Taku Smokeries (Export) ITC Communications (Cultural Exchange) Japan Relief Fund of Alaska Foundation (Humanitarian Exchange) UAA Department of Languages (Education) Visit Anchorage (Visitor Industry) 2012 RIM Architects (Services) Holland America (Visitor Industry) Helping Hands for Nepal (Humanitarian) 2011 Teck Resources Ltd. (Export) PolyEarth Construction International (Services) Hai Shirokuma Tours (Visitor Industry) Turnagain Elementary School Russian Immersion Program (Education) Affinity Films (Cultural Exchange) 2010 Seafood Producers’ Cooperative (Export) Coastal Villages (Export) All Alaska Tours (Visitor Industry) China Airlines (Transportation) Institute of the North (Scientific Exchange) Alaska Sudan Medical Project (Humanitarian Exchhange) 2009 Condor Airlines (Transportation) ADS-B Technologies (Export) The Ketchikan-Kanayama Exchange (Education and Cultural Exchange) The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository Koniag, Inc. The Alaska World Affairs Council (Education) Rotary District 5010 (Humanitarian Exchange) 2008 Kenai LNG Plant (Export) Sumitomo Metal Mining Corporation (Foreign Investment) The Institute of the North (Scientific Exchange) Aleut Island Association (Cultural Exchange) Sand Lake Elementary School Japanese Immersion Program (Education) Governor’s Exporter of the Year Award Winners 2007 Usibelli Coal Mine (Export) Fairbanks Convention & Visitors Bureau (Visitor Industry) 2005 VECO (Services) Udelhoven (Services) 2004 Alaska Vacation (Visitor Industry) 2002 Sealaska Timber Corporation (Export) Northern Keta (Small Business) 2001 Agrium Kenai Nitrogen Operations (Export) Dowland-Bach (Small Business) 2000 VECO Corporation (Services) 1999 Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (Export) 1998 Cominco Alaska, Inc. (Export) 1997 Circumpolar Expeditions and Reeve Aleutian Airways (Transportation/Cultural Exchange) 1996 North Pacific Processors, Inc. (Export) 1995 Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Company (Export) 1994 ERA Aviation (Transportation) 1993 Apocalypse Design, Inc. (Export) 1991 Cominco Alaska, Inc. (Export) 1992 DAT/EM Systems (Export) 1990 Federal Express (Transportation) 1989 Klukwan Forest Products (Export) 1988 Sealaska Corporation (Export) 1987 Sea Hawk Seafoods (Export) 1986 Seley Corporation (Export)