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| Bev Randles is a true Missouri success story. |
Raised in Sikeston, Missouri, the seventh of twelve
children, Bev learned early in life the value of a strong work ethic and the
benefits of a good education. Bev’s father was a farmhand and his knowledge of
how to work the land was passed down to her and her siblings as they grew up
working in Southeast Missouri’s cotton fields at an early age.
While neither of Bev’s parents had an education past the
ninth grade, Bev was motivated to earn her high school diploma and graduated as
the valedictorian of her Scott County Central High School Class in 1990. Bev
went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, graduating Cum Laude,
from Murray State University in 1994.
Bev is also a graduate of the University of Missouri –
Columbia School of Law. Upon graduation, she joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon,
Kansas City’s largest law firm, where she was a litigator in the firm’s
National Product Liability Division. During her years at Shook, Bev represented
several Fortune 500 companies, defending cases throughout the country and
advising on public policy matters. She was also an active member of the firm’s
Diversity Committee. As a Diversity Committee member, she facilitated diversity
trainings for other lawyers, recruited and mentored numerous attorneys, and
created liaisons between Shook and local law schools to increase the firm’s
pool of women and minorities.
In 2008, Bev began writing and giving speeches about how the
Republican Party can win back minorities and disenchanted voters in the current
political climate. She has spoken to numerous Republican, conservative, and tea
party organizations on this topic, including at the Missouri Lincoln Days in
2010 and the National Pachyderm Conference in 2011.
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