Title: 1) Sales Director; 2) Chief Executive Officer and Auctioneer; 3) Sales Executive and Auctioneer
Company: 1) Sales Haven; 2) Hunt Auctions & Land; 3) Espey Auctions & Realty
Location: Burlington Junction, Montana, United States
Col. Liz Hunt, sales director at Sales Haven, chief executive officer and auctioneer at Hunt Auctions & Land, and sales executive and auctioneer at Espey Auctions & Realty, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Executives for dedication, achievements, and leadership in sales.
With a decade and a half of experience, Col. Hunt has established a successful career in sales and auctions. She currently serves as United States sales director for the Midwest at EkoStinger, a role she has held since 2023. Additionally, she has excelled as chief executive officer and auctioneer at Hunt Auctions & Land since 2015 and as sales executive and auctioneer at Steve Espey Auctions & Realty since 2008. Her experience includes working as a sales development representative at Formic from 2022 to 2023, a cost estimator and bill of materials coordinator at Laclede Chain Manufacturing Company from 2020 to 2022, and an engineer of architectural design at Robbins Lightning in 2020. Prior to these roles, she was a sales associate at Fastenal Company from 2017 to 2020, a sales representative at Cropwise Consulting from 2016 to 2017, and served in customer service and the parts department at Northwest Implement from 2013 to 2016. She also gained experience as a sales representative at Orscheln Farm and Home from 2009 to 2013 and worked with John Deere.
Col. Hunt has also dedicated her time as founder of the Burlington Junction City Betterment Committee since 2021 and volunteered with the Dance and Ballet Benefit for Children in Kansas City, the Bacchus Ball in Kansas City and numerous local benefit auctions supporting causes such as cancer research, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, leukemia, church fundraisers, and bazaars. She laid an educational foundation, completing coursework toward a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science with a minor in biochemistry at Northwest Missouri State University. She has earned multiple professional certifications, including her auctioneer license in the state of Missouri, bystander intervention certification, and Dare to Lead training. She also completed the Missouri real estate salesperson pre-license program and is a member of Missouri Realtors. Additionally, she is a certified auctioneer and bilingual auctioneer in Spanish by the World Wide College of Auctioneering and also holds a job readiness certification from the state of Missouri. Additionally, she is also a member of the Missouri Professional Auctioneers Association and the Iowa Auctioneers Association, and serves as secretary of Elks Lodge #760, part of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Reflecting on her path, as a proud fifth-generation auctioneer, Col. Hunt has carried on her family’s legacy by being an integral part of her father’s auction company for 15 years and founding her own successful auction business in 2015. She has had various standout accomplishments throughout her career, including emerging as one of the top five contestants, and the only woman, in the Iowa Auctioneers Contest in 2021. Additionally, she finished in the top two percent of her class, earning the prestigious title of colonel. She also made history as the first auctioneer to be featured on “The Amazing Race,” and during her time on she show, she earned multiple Guinness World Records, such as being part of the team with the most female auctioneers in a single auction venue in 2016, the most nationalities represented in an auction team at a single venue, and contributing to the record for the world’s tallest bonfire in Ålesund, Norway.
Col. Hunt credits her success to the unwavering support and guidance of her parents, who have been instrumental in shaping her journey. Looking ahead, she envisions passing on Hunt Auctions & Land to her son or daughter, ensuring the business she has worked tirelessly to build continues its legacy for generations to come. She is also focused on advancing her career in aerodynamics and expanding the reach of her auction business, with ambitions to operate on a national and even global scale.
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