About Our Company

Fladeboe Auctions is a Minneapolis-based, family-owned business specializing in charity fundraising through live auctions. Siblings Glen, Kimberly and Kristine (all auctioneers) are passionate about carrying on the family business their father Dale started in 1978 in Willmar, Minnesota. Today, Fladeboe Auctions serves clients throughout the United States, including the cities of Chicago, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Fargo, Detroit and of course, the Twin Cities. The family considers it a privilege to have helped raise in excess of $4.7 million in 2007 for schools and nonprofit organizations.

Glen Fladeboe Glen Fladeboe attended the World Wide College of Auctioneering in Mason City, Iowa immediately after graduating high school and has been part of the family business ever since. With more than fourteen years of experience as a professional auctioneer, he has been instrumental in expanding the fundraising side of Fladeboe Auctions. Glen holds a degree in communications from Hamline University and lives with his wife in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In his free time, he enjoys running, fishing, hunting and reading.

Kristine Fladeboe-Duininck became a professional auctioneer in 1995. Her love for the auction business started nearly twenty years earlier as she listened to her father sell everything from cattle to collectibles to real estate. After Kristine graduated from the University of St. Thomas with a degree in business and communications, she quickly became part of the family business. In January 2006, Kristine was named the 2006 Champion Auctioneer by the Minnesota State Auctioneers Association. She placed as a finalist in the same contest in 2004 and was also named a finalist in the International Auctioneer Championship in 2005 and 2007. Kristine is currently a candidate for the BAS (Benefit Auctioneer Specialist) certification offered through the National Auctioneers Association. She resides in Spicer, Minnesota with her husband Jamie and two children, Elsie and Harris.

Kimberly Fladeboe-Anderson grew up helping the family business by clerking, selling hotdogs and picking up garbage after the sales. After graduating from Concordia College, Kim spent ten years working in the pharmaceutical industry. She went on to receive a Masters degree in Mass Communications and Marketing from Saint Cloud State University. Encouraged by her father, she attended the World Wide College of Auctioneering in 1996 and joined Fladeboe Auctions as a full-time auctioneer in 2000. In 2005, Kim was a finalist in the International Auctioneer Championship. Kim lives with her husband Paul and their children in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.

The only non-Fladeboe and non-auctioneer in the bunch, Kimberly Proffitt joined the company in the spring of 2005. She serves as the primary auction and event consultant for the company and also manages the behind-the-scenes company operations. Her career has focused exclusively on working with nonprofit organizations in the areas of special events, fundraising and marketing. She is a graduate of Middlebury College (BA Classical Studies) and Indiana University (MA Arts Administration). Kimberly is currently a candidate for the BAS (Benefit Auctioneer Specialist) certification offered through the National Auctioneers Association. When not working, you’ll find her studying languages, reading, working in the garden or baking. She and her husband Phil reside in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

After he attended the Worldwide College of Auctioneering in 1978, Dale Fladeboe opened Fladeboe Auctions for business in Willmar, Minnesota. Since that time, the company has grown to provide a full range of services for fundraising, personal property, real estate and commercial auctions across Minnesota. Dale continues to conduct auctions on a regular basis and is extremely proud to have his children join him in the family business. He and his wife Grace live on a 500-acre working farm near Willmar, Minnesota.

"We collected more money
than we ever
anticipated."