Auctioneer/MC Brad Goode

We are pleased to welcome Brad Goode to our auctioneer and Master of Ceremonies team.  Brad brings a wealth of experience having been in the spotlight for over 22 years as an award winning news anchor and field reporter with a national reputation.

Brad’s reputation has been honed nationally in a variety markets.  He has served as co-anchor of CNBC’s “Wake Up Call” broadcasting from the Nasdaq Market at Times Square in New York City covering the financial markets on Wall Street and around the world. Daily interviews included Fortune 500 CEO’s, roundtables with economists and members of Congress.

He has experience working for Fox Sports from Los Angeles where he anchored the primetime national program “Fox Sports News.” There, he covered everything from the NBA finals to the Superbowl and World Series.  Goode was also the anchor of the NBC syndicated news magazine show “EXTRA.” In that role he covered the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, an investigation into a possible cover-up in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the Heaven’s Gate Cult mass suicide, as well as innumerable celebrity interviews.

Goode was also weekend anchor and reporter at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles where he earned a Golden Mic award for his coverage of the Northridge earthquake. He was named “Reporter of the Year” by Associated Press in 1996 and won an Emmy award for his coverage of the 1993 mid-west floods while working at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Goode has also worked as morning anchor and reporter for KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah, WDHO-TV in Toledo, Ohio and WILX-TV in Lansing, Michigan.

Goode earned a dual BA degree in broadcast journalism and political science from Michigan State University. In addition to his love of sports and the outdoors, Brad has exemplified a passion for charity work. He has been involved with the Alzheimer’s Association since 1992. Goode is currently a board member for the Alzheimer’s Association of Western Washington and serves as master of ceremonies at numerous fundraising events.   As an auctioneer, Brad exemplifies comfort and cool in front audiences of all sizes, clearly comfortable with a microphone in his hands, as would be expected from someone with his wealth of experience.