Copper River expands health care presence with acquisition
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Nick Wakeman
The Alaska Native-owned company is looking to offer more medical services for government clients.
An Alaska Native Tribe organization has expanded its portfolio of government contracting businesses with the acquisition of a medical staffing company.
The Copper River Family of Companies is owned by the Native Village of Eyak, which is recognized as an Alaska Native Tribe. This is a different structure than an Alaska Native Corporation.
ANCs have shareholders who are Alaska Natives and they receive dividends. With Alaska Native Tribe organizations, all profits are put back into community services and programs.
The acquisition of Aspire Medical Staffing expands Copper River’s footprint in the health care industry, where it supports government agencies, hospitals and private health care providers.
Terms of the transaction announced Monday were not disclosed.
"Their dedication to quality staffing and their strong industry presence makes them a perfect fit for our vision,” said Copper River CEO Kevin McLaughlin.
Copper River is adding more resources, capabilities and capacity to support its Defense Department customers as well as civilian and state and local agencies.
Copper River provides a variety of services such as cloud, cybersecurity, digital transformation, network infrastructure and professional services. It provides these services through 15 business units.
Rock Hall Partners provided advisory services to Copper River.