JAMES L. WOLTZ (Jim)
Owner-President, Woltz & Associates Inc.
More than 33 years experience brokering commercial, industrial, rural and estate properties
Land sales comprise the foundation of his career and include single and multi-parcel sales of up to 200 tracts and single land transactions in excess of 13,000 acres
Licensed in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Minnesota and Colorado
Certified by Auctioneers Institute
Received CAI designation from Auction Marketing Institute, 1994
Missouri School of Auctioneering, degree/certification, 1976
North Carolina State University, Bachelor of Science degree, Textile Technology, 1972

Background:
Started Virginia Land & Auction, predecessor of Woltz & Associates, in 1976

Investor-manager of downtown Roanoke restoration projects including the company's offices in a restored 1930s building in the core of downtown Roanoke

Member: National Auctioneers Association and National Association of REALTORS where he has served as director and chair of auction committee

Speaker and seminar presenter:
NAA Guest Presenter
New Zealand Auctioneers Convention Guest Presenter and Keynote Speaker
North Carolina Workout Managers Group Speaker
CAI Technology Seminar Guest Speaker
jim@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x102

DAVID BOUSH
REALTOR & Auctioneer

David Boush joined the Woltz Team in 2010.  He has over 14 years of advertising and marketing experience in sales and management prior to joining Woltz.  He spent over 8 years as an Account Executive and Local Sales Manager for WSLS-TV.  He most recently left Acquisition Title & Settlement Inc after 6 years as Vice President of Marketing.  He has had his Real Estate license since 2002 and has been an active real estate investor for the last seven years. David has been a lifetime resident of Roanoke, Virginia. Since joining Woltz, David has conducted several land, estate, residential, commercial, industrial and personal property sales.

Memberships: Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors, Virginia Association of Realtors, National Association of Auctioneers

Volunteer Work: Committee Chair of the Awareness Committee for Feeding America SWVA. 

Education:1996 graduate of Radford University, B.S. in Media Studies –Concentration in Advertising, Dean Scholar, Cume Laude. 2011 graduate of Mendenhall School of Auctioneering

david@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x113

KEN FARMER
Ken Farmer, the president of Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals, has been actively involved in the sale and appraisal of antiques and collectibles since 1974 and been a licensed auctioneer since 1979. Ken has also been a licensed real estate broker since 1987. His company holds several national records for selling antiques at auction in all categories. Ken is a member of the Certified Auctioneer Institute, The Appraisers Association of America and various civic organizations. He has served as an antique instructor-speaker at many nationwide locations for such institutions as The National Auctioneers Association, Hollins University, The Greenbrier and various historical societies and museums. Ken Farmer Auctions is an associate of Sothebys.com and has successfully sold individual objects for more than $500,000 via the Internet. Since 1995 Ken has been a regular performer on the popular PBS television series Antiques Roadshow that is viewed by over 15 million people each week. He has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey show as an antique appraiser. Visit kfauctions.com ken@kfauctions.com (540) 639-0939

WILLIAM M FARMER (WILL)
Will Farmer joined the Woltz team in 2002, after graduating from Roanoke College with a degree in Business Administration. Born and raised in Radford, Virginia, Will grew up around the exciting hum of the auction chant at his Father's auctions. Growing up in the industry has given Will a unique perspective on what it takes to successfully market and sell property at auction.

He currently holds active Real Estate and Auctioneers licenses in the State of Virginia. In 2006, Will was awarded the prestigious Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI) designation, which is the highest achievement awarded to members of the National Auctioneers Association.

Will specializes in Residential, Commercial, Rural, & Business Liquidation Auctions. His most recent auctions have included Commercial Buildings & Acreage, Agricultural Boundaries, & Residential properties located within the State of Virginia. He is a member of the National Association of Realtors and currently serves on the Public Relations Committee for the Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors.
will@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x113

KARA FERGUSON
Associate Broker
A Licensed Real Estate Broker in Colorado and Virginia, with 13 years of experience in client relations, land development, management, marketing, recruiting, sales, and training.  Past Director of a prominent real estate school in Greenwood Village, Colorado.   In 2002 she moved to Roanoke, and was for the past 5 years, the broker and project manager of a residential development prior to joining the Woltz team in 2008. Current member of the National Association of REALTORS.


kara@woltz.com
(540) 342-3560, x101

SAM HARDY
Studied engineering and business at Bluefield College and Virginia Tech
Associate broker; licensed in real estate since 1975
Licensed auctioneer since 1999
Specialty: Rural land; has sold properties in 14 Virginia counties
sam@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x105

JONNA M. McGRAW
Associate Broker & Auctioneer

Sales Experience:  Since joining Woltz & Associates, Inc. (“Woltz”) in 1997, Ms. McGraw has conducted numerous complex auctions including multi-parcel sales of commercial, investment, industrial, rural and residential properties, as well as foreclosure auctions, bankruptcy sales, estate sales and tax sales for governmental entities. She has also conducted business liquidation sales and auctions of large farms, including horse farms. Ms. McGraw has received both state and national advertising awards for auction marketing materials.  During the ten years prior to joining Woltz, Ms. McGraw practiced law in Roanoke, Virginia.

Professional Activities: Ms. McGraw served two terms on the Virginia State Bar Bankruptcy Section Board of Governors and was the first Chairperson of the Section. She was appointed to two terms on the Virginia State Bar Council, the governing body of the Virginia State Bar. More recently, she served two terms on the Roanoke Valley Association of REALTORS ("RVAR") Board of Directors, was Chair of the RVAR Advertising Committee, Chair of the RVAR Public Relations Committee and Chair of the RVAR Commercial Council. She is currently serving a second term as Chair of the RVAR Grievance Committee which reviews allegations of REALTOR ethical violations.

Memberships:  Ms McGraw is a member of the Virginia State Bar, Roanoke Bar Association, Virginia Auctioneers Association, National Auctioneers Association, Roanoke Valley Association of REALTORS, New River Valley Association of REALTORS, Virginia Association of REALTORS and the National Association of REALTORS.

Licenses:  Ms. McGraw is licensed as an auctioneer in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, as a real estate broker in Virginia and Tennessee and as an attorney in Virginia.

Education: J.D., Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary, 1985; B.S., Radford University, 1980; Graduate, Missouri Auction School, 1997; Graduate, Moseley-Dickinson Academy of Real Estate, 1997; Numerous legal, auction and real estate continuing education courses both as attendee and lecturer.

jonna@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x106

GEORGE McCONNELL
1968 Graduate - VA Tech - B.S. in Animal Science
1977 Graduate - Mendenhall School of Auctioneering

Has been a Realtor since 1976 and Auctioneer since 1977
Have conducted auctions from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River

Member - National Association of Realtors, Virginia Association of Realtors, National Auctioneer Association, Virginia Auctioneer Association.
 
Specializes in farms, rural properties, and commercial properties

george@woltz.com
Cell phone (540)-353-1108

RUSSELL SENEFF
Licensed Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent in Virginia, North Carolina and Colorado.
Graduate of Ferrum College in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. Graduate of Mendenhall School of Auctioneering in 1987. Member of the National Auctioneers Association and National Association of REALTORS.
russell@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x108

BOYD TEMPLE
Associate Broker & Auctioneer

Boyd has been in commercial real estate sales since 1989, an auctioneer since 1992, and joined Woltz & Associates, Inc in 1992.  He holds auctioneer and Associate Broker licenses in Virginia and West Virginia.  He received the Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate (AARE) designation in 1995 and received the prestigious Certified Auctioneer Institute (CAI) designation in 2004.  He invented the sign system “slamAsign” used by real estate professionals and auctioneers in numerous states and has obtained a patent for the design and product.  Mr. Temple has sold numerous commercial and industrial properties, large land boundaries, farms, residential properties and a wide variety of machinery, equipment and personal property.

boyd@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x107
Cell: 540-797-3646

QUINN THOMAS
B.A., University of Virginia
Retired Captain, U.S. Navy Reserve
18 years in the real estate and auction business. Formerly VP Sales, Fruehauf Trailer Operations
Specialty: Rural, industrial/commercial auctions
quinn@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x104

DEAL TOMPKINS
REALTOR
Auctioneer

A native of the Roanoke Valley Deal has had his real estate license since 1978 and works with both commercial and residential clients. He became a licensed auctioneer in 2008.
With twenty years of experience in higher education and healthcare philanthropy Deal also works with various nonprofit organizations to help them secure gifts of real estate and to sell real estate they have received as gifts. 
Deal coordinates feasibility studies for stream and wetlands mitigation banks and conservation easements.
Member:
National Association of REALTORS, National Auctioneers Association, National Committee on Planned Giving

B.A. Randolph-Macon College
Graduate, Mendenhall School of Auctioneering
deal@woltz.com
540-342-3560, ext. 118

CHARLES W. WADE, JR.
BS and Master of Forestry degrees from Virginia Tech. Over 30 years experience in Natural Resource Management, including providing consulting services such as timber sale administration, timber appraisals and management plan development. Specialize in the sale of timberland properties. Recent auctions have included large tracts of commercial forest land in Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia. Licensed Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer.
charlie@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x112

JILL WOLTZ
Graduate of Ferrum College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science. Work experience with the State of Virginia's Department of Conservation and Recreation and Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Internship with State of Virginia's Department of Environment Quality. Joined Woltz & Associates in 2000 as a REALTOR.
jill@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x114

KELLY KISER
Graduated from Roanoke College with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree. Worked in commercial and private banking for 12 years before joining Woltz & Associates, Inc. in 2004..
kelly@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x101

BOBBY JOE WHITLOCK, JR.
ECPI computer training school
Specialty: Desktop pre-press work and computer networking; 15 years experience. Joined Woltz & Associates, Inc. in 2000.
bobby@woltz.com
540-342-3560, x111