Annika Karlsson enters her second year at Wagner as the Director of Business and Finance where she oversees all business aspects of Wagner College's 20 varsity sports.
A native of Stockholm, Sweden, Karlsson, who earned an MBA from Wagner in May, 2015, is also entering her third season as an assistant coach for the Seahawk men’s and women’s golf teams.
In 2013, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University where she was a standout golfer for the Knights, accumulating a number of accolades, including top prize at the 2012 Hawk Invitational.
Team captain in both her junior and senior seasons, Karlsson led the Knights to a second-place finish at the 2012 NEC Team Tournament, while also garnering a second-place finish in the 2012 NEC Individual Tournament. In her first season with FDU, she earned First Team All-Northeast (NEC) conference accolades.
Karlsson worked for two years at the Bro Hof Slott Golf Club in Stockholm, one of the top-ranked golf courses in Europe, where her duties included event planning and coordination, as well as the organization of golf tournaments. She also has experience working for the Adidas Group in the Nordic Headquarters in Stockholm, where she was in charge of communication between Nordic and Baltic countries.
Karlsson graduated from FDU in May 2013 with a degree in Business Management. Prior to her time at FDU, Karlsson attended the University of Idaho from 2008-2010.
