Press Release - Grandma's Marathon - 8/28/13

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
          Grandma's Marathon Names Interim Executive Director

(Duluth, Minn.) The Grandma's Marathon-Duluth, Inc. board of directors has 
announced the selection of Jon Carlson as the organization's interim 
executive director.

Carlson has been the nonprofit organization's race director since July 2003 
after retiring from Minnesota Power, where he had worked since 1980 in the 
employee benefits department. He served on the Grandma's Marathon board 
from October 2002 until being hired as a full-time employee.

A graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth and Hermantown (Minn.) 
High School, Carlson resides in Duluth with his wife and two children.

Carlson officially begins his new role on Sept. 1. He takes over for Scott 
Keenan who is stepping down after 37 years with the organization. Keenan 
started Grandma's Marathon with the North Shore Striders Running Club in 
1977 and announced in May that the 2013 Grandma's Marathon would be his 
last as executive director.

Grandma's Marathon-Duluth, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) Minnesota nonprofit 
corporation focused on promoting and developing running and athletic events 
in the Twin Ports area. The organization's signature race, Grandma's 
Marathon, is the 14th largest marathon in the U.S. and is presented by 
Toyota and Wells Fargo.

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