Rudolf Laager

As an entrepreneur Rudolf (Ruedi) Laager formed Lukada International LLC in 2002 before acquiring a medical nutrition company manufacturing purees geared at people with swallowing disabilities in the hospital and nursing home market. He then sold the company to the Hormel Corporation several years later. Today Lukada LLC is engaged with nonprofit organization management and the real estate sector.

Previously, Ruedi held a variety of executive positions in the hotel and hospitality industry, working with Swissotel, Regent Hotels, the Relais and Chateaux Hotel Group and later The Hospitality Group International. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in hotel management from the Hotel School in Lausanne, Switzerland.

In 2007, Ruedi and his wife, Alix, launched a project to assist the Kingdom of Bhutan to introduce education for children with disabilities into their school system. They subsequently founded and currently lead the US Special Education Advisory Committee to Bhutan, which provides technical support and advice under the umbrella of The Bhutan Foundation in Washington DC. Ruedi is also very active on several nonprofit boards that address pressing issues for minorities around the globe.