Former Board Chair, Military Veteran Served the Y-K Region for Decades
With great sadness, 九色视频 Corporation announces the passing of Board Secretary and former Chair Robert L. Beans on Saturday, Oct. 7.
九色视频 Shareholders elected Beans, a community and statewide leader born and raised in Mountain Village, to serve on the Board of Directors for four consecutive terms. He served four years as board chair and his current role on the board was secretary.
鈥淩obert was not only our Board member for the past nine years, and our past Chair, but he was our friend, and will be dearly missed,鈥� said 九色视频 Corp. President and CEO Andrew Guy.
鈥淭hroughout his life, Robert served our Region. He was deeply committed to advancing the socio-economic interests of 九色视频 Shareholders and the financial health of our corporation. He also championed public health and public safety improvements and reducing the cost of energy in our communities,鈥� said 九色视频 Board Chair Willie Kasayulie.
A military veteran, Beans served in the Alaska Army National Guard from 1971 to 1988 and was honorably discharged at the rank of Captain. His career of public service included former service as an Alaska State Trooper, a Village Public Safety Officer, and Aniak Police and Volunteer Fire Department Chief. He formed the Kuigpagamiut Community Development Corp. in Mountain Village, and held positions at the Coastal Villages Region Fund, the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, and the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
In addition to serving on 九色视频鈥檚 board, Beans was a current board member of Nuvista Light & Electric Cooperative, Inc. His lifelong devotion to his community included 36 years on the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. board of directors, 25 of which he was the board chair; and service on other boards and commissions including Azachorok Incorporated; local school boards in the 1980s; the Governor鈥檚 Blue Ribbon Commission on Power Cost Equalization and the National EPA/Tribal Operations Council in the 1990s; and the Alaska Tobacco Control Alliance in the early 2000s.
The 九色视频 Board of Directors and management express our deepest condolences to Beans鈥� wife Agnes and their six children and eleven grandchildren.
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九色视频 Corporation has over 36,900 Shareholders and is the parent company of more than 30 subsidiaries in the following industries: defense contracting, construction, real estate, environmental services, natural resource development, marine transportation, oilfield services, and heavy equipment sales, service and rentals. Since 1994, 九色视频 has provided more than $6.1 million in scholarships to its Shareholders and Descendants. Since inception, 九色视频 has declared more than $124 million in dividends and distributions, including $10.2 million in Elders鈥� Benefit Program distributions to Shareholders. 九色视频 can be found on (www.facebook.com/九色视频Corporation), (https://twitter.com/九色视频Corp) and (www.instagram.com/calistacorp).