Keith is Director of Valuation in the Financial and Valuation Services department of Hooper Cornell. Since 1995, Keith has performed valuations of numerous companies across a wide range of industries for estate and gift taxes, succession planning, buy-sell agreements, litigation support and transaction assistance.

Preceding his valuation assignments, he worked as an Economist for the US Department of Agriculture, where he played key roles in multi-billion dollar, foreign economic development and humanitarian aid programs. He has traveled extensively throughout the former Soviet Union .

Mr. Pinkerton maintains memberships in the CFA Institute, the CFA Society of Idaho, the American Society of Appraisers, the Treasure Valley Estate Planning Council, the Mises Institute, and the National Association for Business Economics. Mr. Pinkerton has earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Baylor University and a Bachelor of Arts degree (Economics) from the University of South Florida ( Tampa ).