Randy grew up in the northwest Iowa town of Algona, where he played basketball and golf for Garrigan High School.  He then attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and upon graduation, spent 6 years in the military, serving in a cavalry squadron as a platoon leader and military intelligence officer along the West German border. 

Upon resigning from the military, Randy joined AmerUs Life Insurance Company in 1980 and spent 7 years in personal production.  He was appointed as a General Agent for AmerUs Life in 1987, a position he has held to this day. AmerUs Life was purchased by Aviva of London, England in 2006.   He and Co-General Agent, Doug Marlow, have grown their organization to be one of Aviva USA’s  largest general agencies and they have been the recipient of several GAMA awards over those years. 

In 1996, Randy and his partners formed an organization called Central Financial Group.  Besides marketing insurance and investment products, their organization currently is comprised of four property casualty companies in northwest Iowa. They market auto, home, farm, commercial, hail and other PC insurance related products through these companies.

With regards to community activities, he currently serves on the boards of the Des Moines Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Iowa.  He is also a member of his church Finance Committee and president of NAIFA - Central Iowa. 

On a personal note, Randy and his wife, Sheila, live in West Des Moines and have four boys and one girl.  He loves to play golf and occasionally sails.  In 1992, he captained a sailboat he had purchased and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and back to commemorate the 500th year anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of America.

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