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Marilyn Carlson Nelson (born August 19, 1939) is an American businesswoman, the co-owner and former chairman and CEO of Carlson. She shares ownership of the company with her sister, Barbara Carlson Gage.

Trudy Rautio is president and chief executive officer of Carlson, a privately held global hospitality and travel company.Rautio presides over Carlson’s travel and hospitality businesses: Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group with its distinct hotel brands: Quorvus Collection, Radisson Blu®, Radisson®,Radisson Red, Park Plaza®, Park Inn® by Radisson, Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM, encompassing more than 1,350 properties in over 105 countries and territories and Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a global leader in business travel management. Rautio has been a senior executive with Carlson since 1997 and has served as executive vice president and chief financial and administrative officer of Carlson, where she was responsible for directing all financial and information technology operations of the company.In 2009, Rautio was honored as chief financial officer of the year award for large, private companies by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, a Minnesota-based business publication. In addition, she received an inaugural award as one of the “2009 Women of Distinction” from the Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys. In 2007, Rautio was named an Outstanding Alumni of Bemidji State University. In 2005, she was recognized by the Minnesota-based business publication, The Busi ness Journal, as a Woman Changemaker. She also received the Corporate Woman of Achievement award from the National Association of Women Business Owners' (NAWBO) Minneapolis Chapter in 2004. In 2003, Rautio was honored with a Carlson Fellows award for special achievement. The Carlson Fellows award represents the company's highest career achievement honor and is presented to employees who best exemplify the qualities of leadership, creativity and dedication and who are considered to be true builders of the company. She has a well-earned reputation with peers and industry experts and was named one of the top women in finance in 2001 by another Minnesota-based business publication, Finance and Commerce.Prior to joining Carlson, Rautio was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Jostens,Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis. She also served as vice president of Finance for Minneapolis-based Pillsbury Co.

Brad Hall currently serves as executive vice president, chief financial officer (CFO) and treasurer and reports to Trudy Rautio, president and chief executive officer.Hall has been with Carlson since 1998, and prior to assuming the CFO role, was responsible for the Company’s treasury, strategic planning, investment analysis and risk management activities. In this capacity, he directly led and advised on loan transactions totaling more than $2.5 billion,including securing the debt financing for Carlson’s first two Radisson Blu hotels in the United States. Hall also oversaw the share purchases that secured Carlson’s majority interest in the Rezidor Hotel Group.Previously, he served in financial planning and analysis, accounting and internal audit roles within Carlson. His work included centralizing TGI Friday’s accounting processes, providing financial and strategic decision support, renewing investment opportunities, and designing and implementing management incentive plans. In 2014, Hall was named “CFO of the Year” by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Hall holds a master’s degree in business administration with Finance and Strategic Management concentrations from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. He participates in several finance-related organizations including the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts, the Association for Financial Professionals and its Corporate Treasurers Council. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Douglas Anderson was named president and chief executive officer of Carlson Wagonlit Travel by the company’s board of directors in April 2008. He joined CWT as executive vice president and chief financial officer one year earlier. He is based in Paris and is a member of the global executive team. Mr. Anderson is a U.S. citizen with extensive international experience in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe. He spent 25 years at UPS, based in the United States, Hong Kong, London and Brussels. In his most recent position, he was senior vice president, Finance, and chief financial officer, UPS Logistics Group.He also worked in Geneva as senior vice president and chief financial officer for the SITA Group, the IT and telecommunications service provider to the air transport industry. Before joining CWT, Mr. Anderson was director of finance and business transformation for the Consumer Digital and Film Products Group of the Eastman Kodak Company and was based in Switzerland.Mr. Anderson is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska.

Marilyn Carlson Nelson (born August 19, 1939) is an American businesswoman, the co-owner and former chairman and CEO of Carlson. She shares ownership of the company with her sister, Barbara Carlson Gage.