People: Robert B. Morrison, ASA, BV/IA, partner and firm leader of business advisory services at Rosenfield and Co. PLLC, has been elected to The Appraisal Foundation’s board of trustees; he will serve the board for an initial three-year term, which began January 1 … Aaron Ballard, CPA/ABV, has been promoted to partner at Fort Worth, Texas-based Whitley Penn; he provides business valuations, forensic accounting, tracing and characterization of assets, damages and lost profits calculations, litigation support, and expert opinions/testimony.

Firms: Chicago-based BDO USA LLP is adding Miami-based MBAF, a firm with 600 professionals that has grown into one of the largest Florida-based accounting and professional services firms and one of the largest Hispanic-owned businesses in the region … Conyers, Ga.-based Antares Group Inc. has joined CPAmerica, an association of independent CPA firms; Antares provides accounting and business advisory services to quick-service restaurant franchise owner/operators, other business owners, and individuals … As part of its strategic plan to strengthen and enhance the services offered to clients in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia, New York-based Buchbinder Tunick & Co. LLP has acquired Iwanczuk & Associates PC of Columbia, Md. … Looking to expand its healthcare offerings, Portland, Maine-based BerryDunn is adding healthcare compliance, consulting, and credentialing firm VantagePoint Healthcare Advisors of Hamden, Conn., which will operate under the BerryDunn name.

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