The 2022 Corporate 100: Ranked by number of Alaskan employees.

• Position: CORPORATE 100

Alaska Business' Corporate 100 Special Section is an annual recognition that people drive business. From sole proprietorships to sprawling international operations, at every level people make the difference. It's exciting that the Alaska Business editorial team prepared this year's special section with optimism in the air. Three forecasts for 2022--from economists Neal Fried and Mouhcine Guettabi and the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation (AEDQ--anticipate job growth in Alaska. According to Guettabi, "There are job gains in just about every sector, with the exception of oil and gas." Fried's forecast calls for 9,800 additional jobs statewide, which is approximately 3.2 percent job growth. And the 2022 AEDC Employment Forecast report states, "AEDC expects Anchorage to regain 2,400 more jobs in 2022 but remain below pre-pandemic employment levels. The pace of recovery is likely to match that of 2021."

The numbers of employees reported by the Corporate 100 this year matches this optimism. When surveyed in January, those who made the ranks of the Corporate 100 reported a total of 75,541 Alaskan employees and 2.1 million worldwide employees, compared to 74,654 Alaskan and 1.5 million worldwide employees reported in 2021. Some of the change in worldwide employees reflects mergers, acquisitions, and new parent companies, but it's still an indication of the overall health of these companies as they find and pursue new opportunities.

It's not just one sector that experienced the first signs of regrowth in 2021. In fact, newcomers to the Corporate 100 ranks in 2022 represent a range of industries: Ace Hardware (retail), Capstone Clinic (healthcare), Coastal Villages Region Fund and Silver Bay Seafoods (fisheries), Delta Constructors (construction), and JAG Alaska (marine repair, maintenance, and building).

This year Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, which has long held the position as Alaska's largest company as ranked by revenue, moved into the Top 5 of Alaska's largest private employers, though competition remains fierce and the Native corporation has a way to go to overtake Providence Alaska, which again tops the Corporate 100 list. This year Providence Alaska reported 5,000 Alaskan employees, a figure that holds steady from 2021.

Wherever an organization places on the list (and if yours isn't in the ranks and you think it should be, please reach out to editor@akbizmag.com; the only required qualification is an Alaska business license), the jobs that it provides for Alaskans strengthen communities across the state, without exception.

In this special section, in addition to the official Corporate 100 ranks, Alaska Business explores many aspects of being employed in Alaska, from unique positions in "Alaska's Rarest Occupations" to the special experience of "Alaska Airlines' Suzanne Druxman," who has been with the airline for two decades. We also celebrate the 100th anniversary of our long-time partner First National Bank Alaska, which has deliberately crafted an award-winning environment for its workers.

Alaska's economic experts are optimistic about 2022, and so are we. We're looking forward to an even bigger and better tourism season, high oil prices, and an infusion of federal infrastructure dollars that might lead to even higher record numbers for the 2023 Corporate 100.

PROVIDENCE ALASKA Preston Simmons, Chief Exec. 1 3760 Piper St., Ste. 3035 Anchorage. AK 99508 HEALTH & WELLNESS Providence. Renton, WA NANA REGIONAL CORPORATION John Agnaqtuk Lincoln, Pres./CEO 2 PO Box 49 Kotzebue, AK 99752 ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATION TRIDENT SEAFOODS CORPORATION 3 Joe Bundrant, CEO PO Box 66 Girdwood.AK 99587 SEAFOOD ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION 4 Rex A. Rock Sr., Pres./CEO PO Box 129 Utqiagvik, AK 99723 ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATION FRED.MEYER Holly Mitchell, District Mgr. 5 2000 W. Dimond Blvd. Anchorage, AK 99515 RETAIL/WHOLESALE TRADE The Kroger Co.. Cincinnati. OH CARRS SAFEWAY Stephanie Kennedy, District Mgr. 6 5600 Debarr Rd., Ste. 100 Anchorage, AK 99504 RETAIL/WHOLESALE TRADE Albertsons Companies, Boise, ID SILVER BAY SEAFOODS 7 208 Lake St., Ste 2E Sitka, AK 99835 SEAFOOD SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION April Kyle, Pres./CEO 8 4501 Diplomacy Dr. Anchorage, AK 99508 HEALTH & WELLNESS Cook Inlet Region, Inc. OBI SEAFOODS 9 Mark Palmer, CEO 621 Shelikof St. Kodiak, AK 99615 SEAFOOD GCI 10 Ron Duncan, CEO 2550 Denali St, Ste. 1000 Anchorage, AK 99503 TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION HEALTH PARTNERS Shelley Ebenal, CEO 11 1650 Cowles St. Fairbanks, AK 99701 HEALTHS WELLNESS ALASKA AIRLINES 12 Ben Minicucci, CEO 3600 Old International Airport Rd. Anchorage, AK 99502 TRANSPORTATION Alaska Air Group, Seattle, WA HILCORP ALASKA 13 Luke Saugier, Sr. VP 3800 Centerpoint Dr., Ste. 1400 Anchorage, AK 99503 OIL & GAS Hilcorp Energy, Houston, TX SOUTHEAST ALASKA REGIONAL 14 HEALTH CONSORTIUM Charles Clement, Pres./CEO 3100 Channel Dr., Ste. 300 Juneau, AK 99801 HEALTHS WELLNESS BRISTOL BAY NATIVE 15 CORPORATION Jason Metrokin, Pres./CEO 111 W. 16th Ave., Ste. 400 Anchorage, AK 99501 ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATION ALASKA USA FEDERAL CREDIT 16 UNION Geofferey S. Lundfelt, Pres./CEO PO Box 196613 Anchorage, AK 99519 FINANCIAL SERVICES UNISEA 17 Tom Enlow, Pres./CEO PO Box 920008 Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 SEAFOOD Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Tokyo, Japan CENTRAL PENINSULA HOSPITAL 18 Rick Davis, CEO 250 Hospital PI. Soldotna, AK 99669 HEALTHS WELLNESS LYNDEN 19 Jim Jansen, Chairman 6520 Kulis Dr. Anchorage, AK 99502 TRANSPORTATION ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL Jennifer Opsut, CEO 2801 DeBarr Rd. 20 Anchorage, AK 99508 HEALTH & WELLNESS HCA, Nashville. TN CONOCOPHILLIPS ALASKA Erec Isaacson, Pres. AK 700 G St., PO Box 100360 21 Anchorage, AK 99501 OIL & GAS ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX 22 COLASKA Jon Fuglestad, Pres. 4000 Old Seward Hwy., Ste. 101 Anchorage, AK 99503 CONSTRUCTION Colas USA. Morristown, NJ ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO. Kyle Hill, Pres. 3830 Old International Airport Rd. 23 Anchorage, AK 99502 RETAIL/WHOLESALE TRADE The North West Company, Winnipeg. MB Canada 24 FEDEX EXPRESS Dale Shaw, Mng. Dir. 6050 Rockwell Ave. Anchorage, AK 99502 TRANSPORTATION FedEx Corp.. Memphis, TN 25 ALASKA RAILROAD CORPORATION Bill O'Leary, Pres./CEO PO Box 107500 Anchorage, AK 99510 TRANSPORTATION Alaska Dept of Commerce. Community & Economic Development. Juneau, AK COASTAL VILLAGES REGION FUND Eric Deakin, CEO 711 H St., Ste. 200 26 Anchorage, AK 99501 SEAFOOD THREE BEARS ALASKA David A. Weisz, Pres./CEO 27 500 S. Triple B St. Wasilla, AK 99623 RETAIL/WHOLESALE TRADE KINROSS FORT KNOX Anna Atchison, External Affairs Mgr. Kinross AK PO Box 73726 28 Fairbanks. AK 99707 MINING Kinross Gold Corp., Toronto. Canada 29 CALISTA CORPORATION Andrew Guy, Pres./CEO 5015 Business Park Blvd.. Ste. 3000 Anchorage, AK 99503 ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATION THE ALASKA CLUB 30 Robert Brewster, CEO 5201 E. Tudor Rd. Anchorage, AK 99507 HEALTH & WELLNESS Partnership Capital Growth, San Francisco. CA ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE 31 COMPANY Brigham McCown, Pres. PO Box 196660, MS 542 Anchorage, AK 99519 OIL & GAS ALYESKA RESORT Sacha Jurva, GM PO Box 249 32 Girdwood.AK 99587 TRAVEL & TOURISM Pomeroy Lodging, Grande Prairie, AB Canada 33 FIRST NATIONAL BANK ALASKA Betsy Lawer, Board Chair/CEO/Pres. PO Box 100720 Anchorage, AK 99510 34 FINANCIAL SERVICES BERING STRAITS NATIVE CORPORATION Gail R. Schubert, Pres./CEO 3301 C St., Ste 100 Anchorage, AK 99505 ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATION ESS SUPPORT SERVICES 35 WORLDWIDE Marq Couey, VP North America 201 Post Rd Anchorage, AK 99501 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Compass Group PLC (North America), Charlotte, NC 36 MATSON Bal Dreyfus, Sr.VPAK 1717 Tidewater Rd Anchorage, AK 99501 TRANSPORTATION 37 DOYON, LIMITED Aaron Schutt, Pres./CEO 1 Doyon PL, Ste. 300 Fairbanks, AK 99701 ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATION SOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL 38 Ryan Smith, CEO 4300 Bartlett St Homer, AK 99603 HEALTH & WELLNESS DENALI UNIVERSAL SERVICES 39 Maria Bourne, Pres. 11500 Sukdu Way, Ste. 100 Anchorage, AK 99515 INDUSTRIAL SERVICES Sodexo, Paris, France HOPE COMMUNITY RESOURCES 40 Michele Girault, Exec. Dir. 540 W. International Airport Rd. Anchorage, AK 99518 NONPROFIT NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LIMITED (POGO MINE) 41 Michael Eckert, GM PO Box 145 Delta Junction, AK 99737 MINING ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS 42 Bill Bishop, Pres./CEO 600 Telephone Ave. Anchorage, AK 99503 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ATN International PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN 43 MEDICAL CENTER Dori Stevens, Chief Administrative Officer 3100 Tongass Ave. Ketchikan, AK 99901 HEALTH & WELLNESS PeaceHealth, Vancouver, WA CHUGACH ALASKA CORPORATION 44 Sheri Buretta, Chairman of the Board 3800 Centerpoint Dr., Ste. 1200 Anchorage, AK 99503 ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATION PRINCESS CRUISES, HOLLAND AMERICA LINE & SEABOURN 45 Stein Kruse, Group CEO 720 W, Fifth Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501 TRAVEL & TOURISM Carnival Corporation, Miami, FL CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION 46 Hal Halpern, CEO 5601 Electron Dr. Anchorage, AK 99518 UTILITY THE ODOM CORPORATION 47 William Odom, Vice Chairman/Exec. VP 6300 Changepoint Dr. Anchorage, AK 99518 RETAIL/WHOLESALE TRADE The Odom Corporation, Bellevue. WA NORTHRIM BANK 48 Joseph Schierhorn, Chairman/Pres./CEO PO Box 241489 Anchorage. AK 99524 FINANCIAL SERVICES AT&T 49 Bob Bass, Pres.AK 505 E. Bluff Dr. Anchorage, AK 99501 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AT&T. Dallas. TX ASM GLOBAL 50 Greg Spears, GM 1600 Gambell St. Anchorage, AK 99501 TRAVEL & TOURISM ASM Global...