Craig Buford, CAE

  Craig Buford has been in the auction, banking, and ranching business for over thirty years. He has a history of making big things happen from the organization and sale of a 30-property six-county real estate sale for the United States Federal Court in Dallas, Texas, to building a banking franchise, to rebuilding a state association of 100 community banks, to developing hundreds of top quality replacement females and managing large stocker and seed stock cattle operations. Buford has extensive banking connections in Texas and Oklahoma and is known in banking circles nationally, serving on the boards of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, the Independent Bankers Association of Texas in Austin, Texas, and the Independent Community Bankers of America in Washington, D.C.

   Mr. Buford’s organizational and marketing skills benefit BRI clients from the conception of an idea, through the planning of the event, to the final successful closing or event completion.

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KC Kinder

   KC Kinder, a native of Indiana, is a 2004 graduate of Oklahoma State University with a Bachelors degree in Agricultural Communications. She began her career at the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture within their public information/communications division, and then transitioned into the role of director of communications at the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, before becoming a part of the BRI Team. Each of those rolls had her heading up multiple mass media marketing campaigns, maintaining various multimedia outlets, and creating communications pieces.   Mrs. Kinder brings a wealth of experience in advertising, marketing and promotion to the our organization. She is active in the livestock industry and knows many aspects of the agricultural industry, thus allowing her to effectively communicate the message and benefits of the auction process.

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Morgan Hopson

   Morgan Hopson, a native of Bonham, Texas, is a 2011 graduate of Texas Christian University receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and a Bachelor of Arts. Additionally, she is a 2011 graduate of the Texas Auction Academy. Morgan is also an accomplished violinist, who has performed at many prestigious events nationwide.

   During her senior year at TCU, she was a member of the TCU Neeley School of Business and Schieffer School of Journalism campaign team that developed a national marketing plan for J. C. Penney Co., which was presented at the American Advertising Federation National Student Advertising Competition.
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Carolyn Bose

   Carolyn Bose, originally from Texas, is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Studies and Business in 2008.  Prior to joining the BRI team, Carolyn worked as Office Manager of Griffith-Cline Funeral Homes in Bradenton, Florida before moving to Austin, Texas.  While attending UT, she worked for the Texas House of Representatives as Photography Coordinator and Legislative Assistant under a Former House Speaker, and interned for a Mix-Use Urban Development Company.  Carolyn plays an active role in the success and growth of Buford Resources.

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