OUR DIRECTORS Mark Randall, CEO, was born in New York and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Little Rock, Arkansas. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University, he served two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Latin America. Upon returning to the United States, he worked for Harvard University in personnel administration, specializing in hiring and job training for economically disadvantaged inner-city residents, and wage and salary administration. In 1972, Mark was Campaign Director for Hartford, Connecticut, in the national presidential campaign. He earned his Masters degree in management of health services from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 1974. Mark spent six years with the California Division of the American Cancer Society as a Fundraising Director, then Executive Director in Los Angeles. He worked as a Development Officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, then as Executive Vice President of the National Athletic Health Institute, before starting The Mark Randall Company in 1980.
Tom Tavella, President, a native of Los Angeles, California, is a second generation professional fundraiser, following in the footsteps of his father, who led the March of Dimes as executive director through the 1950s. After graduating from Cal State Los Angeles, Tom served two years in the U.S. Army. He began his career in fundraising and not-for-profit institutional management in 1968 with the March of Dimes and went on to American Heart Association, American Cancer Society (first as a Fundraising Director, then Executive Director in Los Angeles), Daniel Freeman Medical Center and Desert Sun College Preparatory School, where he served as Director of Development. Tom was an early supporter of the L.A. Chapter of NSFRE (National Society of Fund Raising Executives), which became AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) in 2001. He was a founding member of the Southern California Planned Giving Roundtable. Tom has been a part of The Mark Randall Company since 1985. |
