President and Director
Westchester Group, Inc.

Randall was raised on his family's farm in Northeast Arkansas.  Following two years of military service, he received his Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Business at Arkansas State University and his Master's Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Arkansas.

Randall joined the Real Estate Investment Department of The Prudential Insurance Company of America in 1977.  During the next 13 years, he held functional and administrative assignments in Little Rock, Arkansas; Washington; North Carolina; Orlando, Florida; Newark, New Jersey; and Sacramento, California.  Responsibilities included establishment of The Prudential Agricultural Credit Corporation as well as agriculture-related property acquisitions, mortgage loan originations, loan sales, property sales and property management in the 11 western states.

In March 1990 Randall was appointed Senior Vice President of The Prudential, where he was responsible for their $3 Billion agricultural debt and equity investment portfolio.  In March, 1994 he became Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for all The Prudential's real estate debt and equity investments, a portfolio of over $30 Billion.

In March 1995, Randall became a principal and partner in The Westchester Group, a national asset and investment management company headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.  At that time he assumed the roles of President and Chief Operating Officer of the company.  In this capacity Randall is responsible for the day-to-day management of the company, asset and business strategy, asset performance monitoring and reporting, research, underwriting new investments and all agricultural investment activity.

Randall is a professional member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, a former member of the AgriFinance Magazine editorial advisory board, a Director of Partners for Agricultural Literacy, a frequent speaker at National Pension Fund and Agricultural Conferences and a past member of the National Agricultural Credit Committee.  He is a frequent group leader at the Harvard Executive Agribusiness seminar and visiting professor at several agricultural colleges.