Candidate for
Member City Council; City of Chico

As a self-employed financial planner, Randall Stone owns and operates Randall Stone Financial Planning & Real Estate based in Chico, California. Specifically, Randall works with individuals to help them in selecting appropriate investments designed to meet their portfolio objectives, such as retirement and estate planning, saving for education expenses, or planning for specific needs such as real estate investments, tax deferment or tax reduction.

Recognized as an accomplished advisor in both the financial services and real estate industries, Randall graduated from California State University, Chico with a B.S. in Finance and Economics. As a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), Randall holds a Series 7, 63, and 65 securities licenses and is a registered fiduciary. He also holds a current life, health, and disability insurance license in the state of California as well as a current California real estate broker's license.

Randall's most recent project, in addition to maintaining his independent financial planning practice include developing affordable housing communities throughout California. More recently, he founded Randall Stone Realty, a successful real estate brokerage in Butte County. As an affordable housing developer, Randall is responsible for managing development, financing, and entitlement processes for his affordable housing projects and for administering proposed relocation plans, coordinating with social services groups for the developments, and functioning as the primary bookkeeper and financial manager of each development. Randall routinely functions as a development consultant to various individuals and entities looking for entitlement and predevelopment assistance with local and regional government agencies.

In 2006, Randall was selected as a track and field coach for the Northern California delegation at the first ever Special Olympics National Games 2006 in Ames, Iowa. He has been the head track and field as well as the head bowling coach for Special Olympics Butte County for the past 7 years. In 2008, Randall was elected as the Area Director for Special Olympics Butte County + administering the complete program in Butte County as well as overseeing the planning, education, budgeting, and policy of the program in Butte County.

Randall is a Mexican American and the second generation in his family born in the United States on his mother's side. On his father's side his family came to the continent in the mid-1600s. In his earlier years, Randall competed in triathlons at an elite world+class level for 10 years. He was a member of the United States Triathlon Team USA competing in the Triathlon World Championships in 1992 and 1993. As a member of Team USA, he was awarded a Gold Medal at the 1993 Triathlon World Championships in Manchester, England. A veteran of over 125 triathlons since 1984, he earned an international reputation as a driven, competitive, and talented triathlete. Randall has trained at both United States Olympic Training Centers in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Lake Placid, New York.

Randall made triathlon history in 1988 as the youngest athlete (at that time) to qualify for the United States Triathlon Series (USTS) National Championships at the age of 15. Four years later he won the division becoming a National Champion at the 1992 USTS National Championships. He has qualified for the Duathlon National Championships and the Boston Marathon and competed in the Alcatraz Challenge Triathlon, the 1992 World Championships in Muskoka Lakes, Canada, the 1993 World Championships in Manchester, England, Napa Valley Marathon, The Vancouver Triathlon, Vineman International, Wildflower long and short courses, as well as many other triathlon circuit races. Randall has swum across the San Francisco Bay from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco four times + the first time at age 14. He officially retired from the sport in 1993 and gets on the bicycle or heads out for a cross country run sporadically. Randall is an avid snowshoe and cross country skiing aficionado.

Randall takes his experience as an elite athlete to work with him as a coach with the Special Olympics. He specifically works with his athletes to eliminate barriers that inhibit their true potential, and incorporates a coaching style based specifically on the unique characteristics of the athlete. Randall is a firm believer in each athlete's innate ability to accomplish any goal they set out to meet. "My favorite aspect of working with Special Olympics athletes is their incredible imagination to achieve and their belief in themselves + if we all had this self-esteem and determination there is no telling what social problems would be solved."

In 2009, Randall co-founded Developmental Disabilities Sports Fund (DDSF), a 501(c)3 charitable organization that provides resources for athletic groups working with special needs adults and children. He currently serves as the Executive Director of DDSF. Together with his wife Krista, Randall is a licensed General class Amateur Radio operator, a volunteer with the Golden Empire Amateur Radio Society and the Butte and Glenn County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). These two non-profit organizations work with the Office of Emergency Services and the California Blood Bank Society to coordinate emergency communications in the event of a regional disaster. GEARS is a public service organization that provides volunteer radio communications at local events throughout the year. "Disaster preparation is essential in this post 9/11 and post Katrina era." Providing the building blocks for emergency readiness, Randall participates in statewide Simulated Emergency Tests with a variety of public service organizations. He is an accredited Disaster Communications Worker with the Butte County Sheriff's Communication Reserve. He has donated over 5 gallons of blood to local blood banks in recent years as well as recently being listed as a volunteer donor with the National Marrow Donor Program.

He and his wife enjoy snowshoeing, snow camping, cross country skiing, kayaking, rock climbing, and "working" other continents through amateur radio on a private 40 acre swath in the Mendocino Forest. Krista and Randall are both California Domestic Violence Crisis Intervention Counselors, members of the Butte County League of Women Voters, the Chico Running Club, and many other non-profit organizations throughout Butte County. In the past, Randall has been a member of the Government Activities Committee of the Butte County League of Women Voters which works with local government to educate the community on the activities of the various local government entities. Randall has lived in Chico since 1995.

Randall's motto and mission is to make an increasingly positive impact and improve the quality of life for all Chico and Butte County residents. "I literally wake up in the morning and set out to outdo myself and my performance the previous day. In triathlons we call this type of continuous improvement a 'negative split'. I call it a positive split."