Darron Meares - Bowtie Benefit Auctions Auctioneer from Greenville, SC

Darron Meares is a professional fundraising auctioneer and consultant. He conducts an average of 65 fundraising auctions per year and works with many levels of clients... from private schools to national nonprofits to million-dollar events. His company, Bowtie Benefit Auctions, was established in 2008 to serve clients focused on education and child-related missions. Since then, the company has expanded to cover events from North Carolina to Florida and the United States Virgin Islands. Bowtie Benefit Auctions offers live and silent auction services, fundraising auction consultation, mobile bidding integration and paddle raiser development. The key to fundraising auctions is the development of the timeline and the company works to build client events from year to year. Additionally, with new clients, establishing a baseline foundation to build upon is the main goal - where have you been and where do you want to go? Experience: Darron Meares is a past president of the South Carolina Auctioneers, former Board of Directors member of the National Auctioneers Association, past member of the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute, presenter at Benefit Auction Summits, presenter and speaker in over 25 different states, Mexico and Puerto Rico. He is a bid calling champion in South Carolina, runner-up in the Big Peach bid calling contest in Georgia (2015) and a competitor in the International Auctioneer Championship. Personally: Darron and his wife Hope are both professional fundraising auctioneers. They have one son, Jackson, and all three are avid college football fans, baseball fans and CrossFitters.

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