Frank “Chip” Brown CFA, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA

BS Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, MS Accounting, Virginia. Chip’s past work experience includes providing valuation and transaction financial advisory services as a managing director for a national valuation firm where he served as the firm’s ESOP practice leader. These services included fairness opinions, solvency opinions, fair market valuations, and other financial advisory opinions to various parties, including ESOP fiduciaries. Chip has served an expert witness in state and federal court on a variety of matters pertaining to valuation and economic damages. He is an active member of The ESOP Association and the National Center for Employee Ownership. He has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and presentations related to ESOPs.