Trudy Rautio, BSU Outstanding Alumna has been named President & CEO of $40B Carlson.
…….when Rautio was introduced to hundreds of Carlson employees as their new boss, she received a loud and lengthy standing ovation in the atrium of the company’s Minnetonka headquarters. She also joined an elite club of female CEOs of multibillion-dollar companies.
Rautio’s first finance job was with Boise Cascade as a cost accountant after graduating from Bemidji State University with an accounting degree. From there she went to Pillsbury Co. as vice president of finance for nine years……