Keith L. McLane, MBA, BAS, is one of the country’s preeminent fundraising auctioneers, special appeal/fund-a-need experts, and event-based fundraising educators. Since 1995, his team has organized and conducted over 2,000 virtual and in-person charity and fundraising auctions for schools, charitable organizations, and nonprofit groups from Honolulu to New York City. Keith holds an MBA from The UCLA Anderson School of Management and is a graduate of the world-famous Missouri Auction School. He is also one of only a small number of auctioneers in the country--and only 20 auctioneers in California--to have achieved the National Auctioneers Association’s prestigious Benefit Auction Specialist (BAS) designation.