Randy Lawson

Randy is an entrepreneurial businessman engaged primarily in energy development, real estate development and other angel or venture capital investment businesses. In 1985 he founded the original entity of the Lawco Energy Group (www.lawcoenergy.com ) and later organized his multiple real estate companies and other affiliates. The Lawco team is technology driven^TM utilizing leading-edge technologies to mitigate risk and increase probability for success.

He has prior experience in management with Gulf Oil Corporation (now Chevron) in Houston, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. Randy is a long-time member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and multiple other energy industry professional organizations.

Randy currently serves on the Arvest Bank Benton County Board of Directors, as past Chairman of the Board for Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, Aspen Heights (myaspenheights.com ), Past Chairman of Economics Arkansas (www.economicsarkansas.org ) and serves as an advisor on the Geosciences Advisory Board within the College of Arts and Science and as an executive advisor on the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas.

Randy served as a former Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Arkansas State Board of Education following appointment by former Governor Mike Huckabee for a six-year term. He formerly was elected and served as a Trustee and Secretary of The Northwest Arkansas Community College Board of Directors.

Randy previously was elected and served on the Bentonville Public Schools Board of Education in Bentonville, Arkansas, for ten years serving as President for two years and in all other officer positions. He is a former Chairman of the Excellerate Foundation (excelleratefoundation.com ) Board of Directors and currently or has previously served numerous national, regional, and local civic, professional, or non-profit organizations over the last thirty plus years. Additionally, he has coached over thirty boys’ and girls’ youth sports teams in baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, and football.

He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas (B.S.B.A with emphasis in Economics and Geology 1981) and was a former Razorback football player under Coach Frank Broyles and Coach Lou Holtz. Randy and his wife, Valorie, have been married for over forty-two years and are members of Cross Church. They have two children and four grandchildren. Son, Aaron, and daughter, Rachel, both work within the family office.