Ms. Masten has written numerous articles relevant to her areas of expertise. She has been an invited guest speaker for various organizations on topics salient to the organization’s focus that have involved family limited partnerships, and real estate partnerships, business valuations, estate planning and wealth retention, growing the value of closely-held businesses, standards of value in marital dissolution and business valuation cases. In addition, she is an instructor for the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts’ (NACVA) Training Development Team, which presents throughout the country approximately 14 weeks per year. In this capacity she teaches days four and five of NACVA’s Business Valuation Training Center, "The Market Approach”, “Special Purpose Valuations”, "Case Study" and “Facts to Conclusions: Advanced Corporate Valuation Theory”. Successful completion of this training center, and the related examination process, results in the participants’ receipt of their business valuation credential.  Ms. Masten is also an instructor and development team member for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ five-day training course that leads to the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) designation. Ms. Masten is past Chairman, and currently serving as a member of the Executive Advisory Board for NACVA, is a contributing editorial board member for the Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, is a contributing member of the editorial advisor board to National Litigation Consultants’ Review, is an officer of the Colorado NACVA State Chapter, and is a Board member and Treasurer for the Friends of the Denver School of the Arts. Ms. Masten received a Master of Science in Accounting degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and is a licensed CPA in the states of Texas and Colorado.  She also holds the following credentials: Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts Accredited in Business Appraisal Review (ABAR) from the Institute of Business Appraisers Masten can be reached at: 303-229-5517