Gilmore Auction & Realty Company

David E. Gilmore, CCIM, CAI, AARE

David E. Gilmore, CCIM, CAI, AARE, serves as national auctioneer and managing director for Sperry Van Ness Accelerated Marketing.  With more than 25 years of accelerated marketing experience, Gilmore has sold more than 5,000 real estate auction properties throughout the United States.

A veteran auction marketing professional, Gilmore has held contracts with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), Resolution Trust Corp. (RTC), General Services Administration (GSA), FSLIC, Small Business Administration (SBA), U. S. Marshals Service, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, asset managers as well as many regional & national banks.

Gilmore is a recipient of the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation by the CCIM Institute (CAI) and Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate (AARE) designations given by the National Auctioneers Association.

Gilmore holds real estate broker licenses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma and auctioneer licenses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama and South Carolina.  He has been an instructor for the National Auctioneers Association, the National Association of Realtors and has served as a seminar presenter at the Transact 2000 Conference in Chicago.  Gilmore is also a past president of the Auction Marketing Institute, a former ex-officio member of the National Auctioneers Association Board of Directors, past president and secretary/treasurer of the Louisiana Auctioneers Association, and the 1992 Louisiana State Champion Auctioneer.  In 2007, Gilmore was inducted into the Louisiana Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame.

Francis J. Braud

Francis J. Braud is Vice President of Gilmore Auction & Realty Company, a New Orleans based firm specializing in the accelerated marketing of real estate and now serves as National Auction Broker and Senior Investment Advisor for Sperry Van Ness/Gilmore Auction & realty Company, Braud has over 30 years experience in the real estate industry.

For the last 18 years as a partner in Gilmore Auction & Realty Co. he has helped pioneer the multi-property ballroom auction sale where over 100+ properties have been offered and sold at public auction on a single night for institutions such as Mellon Bank, Bank One, Hibernia National Bank, Whitney National Bank, First American Bank & Trust, Resolution Trust Corp. (RTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) and others.

Considering the national and international institutions Sperry Van Ness Advisors on a regular basis, Francis believes it is likely these institutions have a regular volume of Surplus Assets that Accelerated Marketing using the Auction method would enhance the service you are already providing on their major assets.

Prior to joining Sperry Van Ness, Braud served as a commercial broker/owner of The Braud Company.  Real estate experience includes national mortgage and Secondary mortgage markets brokerage, owner of Commercial and Residential real estate firms, Land Subdivision development and sales, commercial sales and leasing of multi-family, industrial, office buildings, retail shopping centers and Homebuilder.

Braud is a member of such organizations as Certified Commercial Investment Member-Candidate, New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors-Commercial Investment Division, the National and Louisiana Auctioneers Association, National Association of Realtors, Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans, and the New Orleans City Club New Orleans Track Club.

Braud received his Master and Bachelor of Science degrees from Louisiana State University.  He resides in Kenner, Louisiana just outside of New Orleans.  They have two grown daughters Danielle, CPA, Mary Kay Director, Portland, Oregon and Whitney, BSN, LRN, Luling, Louisiana specializing in Neonatal intensive care.

Pierre Mouledoux

Pierre Mouledoux, is our youngest and newest addition here at Gilmore Auction & Realty. Pierre serves as Project Manager for Adjudicated Auctions. Pierre’s responsibilities range from responding to prospective inquiries to auction follow-up. He is a licensed Real Estate Agent and is key to our government sales with his management skills and abilities. He has managed our last two Jefferson Parish Adjudicated Auctions with over 400+ properties and over $3,000,000 in sales. Most recently, he has successfully managed the First Road Home Auction with the Sale of 87 properties for $4,073,000.

Pierre grew up in Old Metairie and now resides Uptown. He attended Jesuit High School and then on to the University of Mississippi where he received a Bachelors of Business Administration degree with emphasis in Organizational Behavior and Real Estate. Pierre is a member of the Boy Scouts of America’s Troop 230 as an Assistant Scout Master where he received his rank Eagle Scout in 2003. He is also on the Jefferson Parish Ducks Unlimited Committee.

Chrissy Brignac

Chrissy Brignac, serves as office manager and Executive Assistant to company president Dave Gilmore and Francis Braud. Her duties as the office manager cover auction event coordination, data input, website maintenance, and marketing supervision. She has an outstanding customer relations history based upon her auction experience with Gilmore Auction.

Chrissy has more than three years experience in real estate auctions and has managed five major Adjudicated Auctions and the First Road Home LLT Auction as well as many multi-property auctions. She grew up and still resides in Metairie.