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Randal Wiedemann (born June 5, 1953) is a business owner, minister, and father of 6 children.

Early Life
Wiedemann was born Randal Armistead Wiedemann in Lexington Kentucky, the son of Jefferson and Dorcus Wiedemann. Randal grew up in Lexington with his four siblings: Mark, Holly, Brit, and Hope, and attended Sayre School. While at Sayre, Randal played football, and competed in the pole vault. He graduated in 1971, and attended undergraduate college at the University of Colorado Bolder, where he got a degree in business.

Professional Life
Randal began work for Landerman Brown an aviation consulting firm in Cincinnati Ohio in 1975. While working for Landerman Brown he earned is MBA from the University of Cincinnati. And it was at this job that he met his wife Martha Frankland, an art drafter at the same company. In 1979 Randal took a job with Cress and Associates and moved back to Lexington. While at Cress, he was quickly promoted to vice president of the company. Stemming from his need to provide for an ever growing family, Randal took on supplemental jobs including a news paper route and a teaching roll at Northern Kentucky University. In 1986 he left Cress and Associates to start his own aviation consulting firm: R.A. Wiedemann & Associates.