Kip Toner is recognized as one of the leading auctioneers in the nation for benefit auctions. His firm conducts benefit auctions from Washington DC to Hawaii for schools, churches, hospitals, civic groups, arts organizations, and other charities.
Kip is the chairman and chief executive officer of Kip Toner Benefit Auctions (KTBA) located in Seattle, Washington. While Kip has been associated with auctions for more than thirty years, he also maintains an active community involvement.
He is past chair of the Seattle University Board of Regents, treasurer of the Seattle Architectural Foundation Board of Directors, a member of the Board of Directors for PONCHO (one of the largest fund raising auctions in the world), and many other civic and charitable organizations. Kip is a member - with lifetime status - of the National Auctioneers Association and has over the last several years made the major presentation on fund raising auctions at the NAA national convention attended by more than 1,000 of the nation's top auctioneers.
Kip is regarded as an expert on the subject of benefit auctions and is in demand as a speaker at major meetings and seminars on benefit auctions. In addition to being the auctioneer at nearly 100 benefit auctions per year, Kip also teaches benefit auctioneering classes and conducts seminars for benefit auction chairpersons and committee members. Kip is also active in a number of NAA committees including the NAA Fun Auction held annually at the NAA Conference and Show. Kip is the current President of the Board of the National Auctioneers Foundation.
