LittleSis: Randy Best

Randy Best began his business career in college and has founded or acquired more than 100 privately or publicly held companies in a broad range of fields including healthcare, defense and aerospace, publishing, agriculture, food, oil and gas, real estate and education. When Randy Best moved into the second half of his career, he began pursuing solely business initiatives with a social mission that would have an enduring and positive impact on society. This commitment led to his focus on education and the welfare of children. Randy Best’s own challenges with dyslexia made him passionate about reading and its importance on a student’s education and life. As a result, he founded Voyager Expanded Learning, a national initiative, which helps annually more than 3 million mostly inner-city children, learn to read. In 2005, Randy Best turned to higher education and founded Whitney University System, an international higher education company, which forms strategic partnerships with top universities across latin America to help them expand access to post-secondary education through technology. Subsequently, in 2007 he founded Academic Partnerships, a higher education service company, which assists leading universities in the U.S. and the around the world vastly increase access through technology and give them global reach. Randy Best serves or has served in the following capacities: James B. Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy board member; Education Commission of the States advisory board member; NEA Foundation board member; Universal Giving board member; College of Education Foundation for the University of Texas at Austin advisory council member; National Urban Alliance for Columbia University board member and University of Texas at Arlington development board member. He also served on the White House Millennium Committee. Randy Best is a benefactor of the Smithsonian Institution. He and his wife support numerous philanthropic endeavors, mostly in Africa. Randy Best is a graduate of Lamar University.

Donor	Common Recipients
Erle Nye	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Thomas Chester Edwards, Jeb Hensarling, Mary Landrieu, Pete Sessions, Mike DeWine, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Arlene Wohlgemuth, Florence Shapiro, Jeb Bush, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA, French Hill
Lonnie A Pilgrim	John Bennett Johnston Jr, Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Democratic State Central Committee of LA, Arlene Wohlgemuth, Jeb Bush, David H Dewhurst, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Forrest E Hoglund	John Bennett Johnston Jr, Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Arlene Wohlgemuth, Team Texas Committee, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Ray L Hunt	John Bennett Johnston Jr, Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Mike DeWine, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Jeb Bush, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA, French Hill
Richard W Weekley	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Jeb Hensarling, Richard Keller, Pete Sessions, Mike DeWine, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Building Our Bases (Bobs) PAC, Arlene Wohlgemuth, Jeb Bush, David H Dewhurst, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Harlan Crow	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Thomas Chester Edwards, Jeb Hensarling, Richard Keller, Pete Sessions, Mike DeWine, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Arlene Wohlgemuth, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA, Right To Rise PAC
James D Dannenbaum	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Thomas Chester Edwards, Jeb Hensarling, Mike DeWine, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Florence Shapiro, Jeb Bush, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA
Richard Kinder	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Thomas Chester Edwards, Mary Landrieu, Pete Sessions, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Jeb Bush, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA, Right To Rise PAC
Richard R Rogers	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Thomas Chester Edwards, Jeb Hensarling, Mary Landrieu, Pete Sessions, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Arlene Wohlgemuth, French Hill, National Republican Congressional Cmte
T Boone Pickens	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Mike DeWine, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Arlene Wohlgemuth, Jeb Bush, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Albert Galatyn Hill Jr	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Mike DeWine, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Arlene Wohlgemuth, Jeb Bush, French Hill, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Ross Perot Jr	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Thomas Chester Edwards, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Jeb Bush, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA, French Hill
Barry Andrews	John Cornyn, Thomas Chester Edwards, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Jeb Bush, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA, Right To Rise PAC
George C Hixon	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Arlene Wohlgemuth, Jeb Bush, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Robert H Pickens	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Mike DeWine, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, David H Dewhurst, French Hill, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Trammell Crow	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Thomas Chester Edwards, Jeb Hensarling, Richard Keller, Pete Sessions, Martin Frost, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Arlene Wohlgemuth, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Annette C Simmons	Joe Barton, John Cornyn, Thomas Chester Edwards, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Mike DeWine, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Arlene Wohlgemuth, David H Dewhurst, Right to Rise USA
Lanny Griffith	John Cornyn, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Mike DeWine, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Jeb Bush, Mark Warner, Right to Rise USA, French Hill, Right To Rise PAC
Richard Hohlt	John Cornyn, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Sessions, Mike DeWine, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, William F Goodling, Jeb Bush, Mark Warner, Right to Rise USA, Right To Rise PAC
James R Moffett	John Bennett Johnston Jr, John Cornyn, Mary Landrieu, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic State Central Committee of LA, Building Our Bases (Bobs) PAC, Arlene Wohlgemuth, Jazz PAC, David H Dewhurst

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Erle Nye