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

1. Korean Air for transportation
2. Fugro for scientific exchange
3. Alaska Skylar Travel for foreign investment
4. Northern Alaska Tour Company for tourism

2014

1. Coeur Alaska Kensington Mine (Export)
2. DAT/EM SystemsInternational (Services)
3. Icelandair (Transportation)
4. Ketchikan Gero Kanayama Exchange (Education)
5. Alaska World Affairs Council (Education

2013

1. Dowland Bach (Export)
2. Icy Strait Seafoods & Taku Smokeries (Export)
3. ITC Communications (Cultural Exchange)
4. Japan Relief Fund of Alaska Foundation (Humanitarian Exchange)
5. UAA Department of Languages (Education)
6. Visit Anchorage (Visitor Industry)

2012

1. RIM Architects (Services)
2. Holland America (Visitor Industry)
3. Helping Hands for Nepal (Humanitarian)

2011

1. Teck Resources Ltd. (Export)
2. PolyEarth Construction International (Services)
3. Hai Shirokuma Tours (Visitor Industry)
4. Turnagain Elementary School Russian Immersion Program (Education)
5. Affinity Films (Cultural Exchange)

2010

1. Seafood Producers’ Cooperative (Export)
2. Coastal Villages (Export)
3. All Alaska Tours (Visitor Industry)
4. China Airlines (Transportation)
5. Institute of the North (Scientific Exchange)
6. Alaska Sudan Medical Project (Humanitarian Exchhange)

2009

1. Condor Airlines (Transportation)
2. ADS-B Technologies (Export)
3. The Ketchikan-Kanayama Exchange (Education and Cultural Exchange)
4. The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository
5. Koniag, Inc.
6. The Alaska World Affairs Council (Education)
7. Rotary District 5010 (Humanitarian Exchange)

2008

1. Kenai LNG Plant (Export)
2. Sumitomo Metal Mining Corporation (Foreign Investment)
3. The Institute of the North (Scientific Exchange)
4. Aleut Island Association (Cultural Exchange)
5. Sand Lake Elementary School Japanese Immersion Program (Education)

Governor’s Exporter of the Year Award Winners

2007

1. Usibelli Coal Mine (Export)
2. Fairbanks Convention & Visitors Bureau (Visitor Industry)

2005

1. VECO (Services)
2. Udelhoven (Services)

2004

1. Alaska Vacation (Visitor Industry)

2002

1. Sealaska Timber Corporation (Export)
2. Northern Keta (Small Business)

2001

1. Agrium Kenai Nitrogen Operations (Export)
2. Dowland-Bach (Small Business)

2000

1. VECO Corporation (Services)

1999

1. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (Export)

1998

1. Cominco Alaska, Inc. (Export)

1997

1. Circumpolar Expeditions and Reeve Aleutian Airways (Transportation/Cultural Exchange)

1996

1. North Pacific Processors, Inc. (Export)

1995

1. Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Company (Export)

1994

1. ERA Aviation (Transportation)

1993

1. Apocalypse Design, Inc. (Export)

1991

1. Cominco Alaska, Inc. (Export)

1992

1. DAT/EM Systems (Export)

1990

1. Federal Express (Transportation)

1989

1. Klukwan Forest Products (Export)

1988

1. Sealaska Corporation (Export)

1987

1. Sea Hawk Seafoods (Export)

1986

1. Seley Corporation (Export)