Nation's Largest RV Retailer, FreedomRoads, Announces Appointment of Randy Thompson As Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Initiative

New Position Reflects Company's Long-Term Strategic Orientation

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., July 26 -- FreedomRoads, L.L.C., the nation's largest recreational vehicle retailer, today announced the appointment of Randy Thompson as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Initiative. The newly created position reflects the company's long-term strategic orientation to aggressive, yet thoughtful, growth.

Thompson, who founded Crystal Valley RV in 1981 and built the company into one the Midwest's premiere dealerships, is a Co-Founder of FreedomRoads. Before his appointment as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Initiative, he served as one of seven regional presidents.

According to FreedomRoads Co-Founder, President and CEO Marcus Lemonis, "While we are very, very fast movers here at FreedomRoads, we are also very deliberate in our decision making. We are deeply committed to taking the long view and being strategic. Randy Thompson is one of those rare people who looks five moves ahead and considers the implications of every business decision. He not only understands our business, he understands business. That will be critical as we move forward enhancing our current dealerships, acquiring new ones and building others," he stressed.

Thompson commented, "I think that this is a good fit for me and the company as we forge ahead with what anyone would consider ambitious and aggressive plans. We all want to make sure that we have control over our rapid growth and that all of our resources are well calibrated and directed to the right places at the right time. As Marcus said, we are certainly fast movers, but we also all recognize the value of being very analytical and methodical," he said.

Thompson's role will be comprehensive including general planning, as well as developing relationships and working with industry entities to improve the company's image and relations with customers, associates, stakeholders, industry organizations and the general public.

As a FreedomRoads Regional President, Thompson not only lead the development of the region, he was instrumental in building FreedomRoads from a handful of dealerships to a robust national company with 44 dealerships and revenues exceeding $1 billion. "Randy helped us to achieve this astounding growth in just over a year, and it couldn't have been done without the kind of strategic mind that he brings to the company," said Lemonis, "he's the right guy for this very pivotal job."

About FreedomRoads

FreedomRoads is a dynamic national network of well-established local and regional RV dealerships who have united to benefit customers, employees, suppliers and the RV industry. FreedomRoads operates as a multi-store retail chain engaged in the retail sale, finance and service of recreational vehicles.

FreedomRoads is America's largest RV retailer. It currently employs over 1500 associates and owns and operates 44 locations in 18 states including; Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington.

FreedomRoads stocks over 250 Million dollars of new and used recreational vehicle inventory and retails over 28,000 units annually. For additional information, please visit http://www.freedomroads.com/ , where more than 6,000 recreational vehicles are available for sale.