Smith]] appointed Pendleton as the Director of State and Federal Relations in [[Washington, D.C.]] Pendleton was also a deputy commissioner for the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife. He served as executive assistant to the commissioner of the Board of Public Welfare. He was a lobbyist for Beneficial Corporation<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=2916|title=Randall George Pendleton obituary|publisher=Texas State Cemetery|accessdate=February 15, 2020}}</ref> and in that capacity worked for passage of the November 4, 1997 state constitutional amendment allowing home-equity lending in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/homeeqty03/|title=Home Equity Lending Gaps in Texas|publisher=window.state.tx.us|accessdate=December 17, 2010; material no longer on-line}}</ref> Pendleton was a board member of the Austin Club.<ref name=obit/> | Smith]] appointed Pendleton as the Director of State and Federal Relations in [[Washington, D.C.]] Pendleton was also a deputy commissioner for the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife. He served as executive assistant to the commissioner of the Board of Public Welfare. He was a lobbyist for Beneficial Corporation<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=2916|title=Randall George Pendleton obituary|publisher=Texas State Cemetery|accessdate=February 15, 2020}}</ref> and in that capacity worked for passage of the November 4, 1997 state constitutional amendment allowing home-equity lending in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/homeeqty03/|title=Home Equity Lending Gaps in Texas|publisher=window.state.tx.us|accessdate=December 17, 2010; material no longer on-line}}</ref> Pendleton was a board member of the Austin Club.<ref name=obit/> |