Tom J Brinkerhoff has been a certified public accountant specializing in complex taxation matters since 1960. He was previously associated with International CPA firms in Chicago and Indianapolis and the St. Paul Companies in Minnesota as Tax Officer. In 1976, he founded Brinkerhoff and Associates, (PAs. Tom was educated at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign receiving a B.S. in Accountancy degree (high honors) and a Master of Accounting Science degree. He has been recognized as a Chartered Global Management Accountant and as a 50 year member of the Indiana CPA Society.

Tom has been an active member of E49/E91st Street Christian Church since 1968 in various areas, including various financial roles, teacher, class leader, deacon, elder and elder chair. He was a member of the E91 choir for 31 years and has been a member of the Son rise Guys weekly breakfast group since 1968. He chaired the committee examining the feasibility of creating the E91 Christian Church Foundation.