Darron Meares

Darron J. Meares, MBA, GPPA

Director

National Auctioneers Association

Darron Meares, MBA, GPPA, of Pelzer, South Carolina is a member of the National Auctioneers Association Board of Directors. He was elected to this position by a vote of the membership present at the Orlando, Florida Conference and Show in July 2006. He is currently serving a three-year term and is presently the vice-chairman of the Technology Committee.

Meares is a second-generation auctioneer and has been around the auction industry since the late 1970s attending and working his first auction around the age of five years old. He is co-owner, auctioneer and lead asset appraiser for the Meares Auction Group, which averages over 125 auctions per year. Meares serves on the South Carolina Auctioneer Association Board of Directors and is the chairman of the Education committee; in addition, he is an auction school instructor with the Southeastern School of Auctioneering and teaches Continuing Education seminars across SC, NC and GA.

In addition to the NAA Board and the South Carolina Board, Meares is a founding member of the PULSE Pacesetters young leadership group offered through the Greenville, SC Chamber of Commerce and is active in events throughout the upstate of South Carolina. He also spends his time raising money for the March of Dimes, St Jude Children's Hospital and various other philanthropic areas of the community.

Away from the office, Meares enjoys spending time with his son, Jackson, running half marathons and is an avid reader. He and his wife Hope attend Washington Baptist Church where Darron teaches financial education courses and has served on various committees.