People: Daniel Young has been named president of Wisconsin regional firm Schenck SC, succeeding Greg Barber … Donni Engelhart has been admitted as a partner of the Baltimore firm Tucker & Meltzer; his new title is managing director … Brian Foltyn has joined REDW LLC as its new practice leader for business valuation services in the firm’s Phoenix office … James A. DeLeo has been elected to serve as leading partner at Gray, Gray & Gray LLP (Canton, Mass.) … Robert Metz has been named a partner at Dallas-based Whitley Penn; he joined the firm in 2011 as a senior associate in the forensic, litigation, and valuation services group … Bryant D. Petersen has been promoted to senior manager, business valuation/litigation support services, at Bober Markey Fedorovich; he’s in the Akron office … Bryan Callahan is the new leader of BKD’s big data and analytics practice, part of the firm’s forensics and valuation services division.

Firms: Two firms based in St Charles, Ill., have merged: Apex CPAs & Consultants and Morrison & Associates; the combined firm has 16 professionals (with new hires planned for 2018) and is now the largest CPA firm in the Tri-Cities area (Batavia, Geneva, and St. Charles) … Marks Paneth LLP adds two partners and 20 staffers with the acquisition of Buck, Sturmer & Co. PC; both are New York-based … New York City-based Prager Metis adds two firms specializing in the entertainment and media industries: Geibelson, Young & Co., based in Woodland Hills, Calif., and Smallfield Cody, based in London … Honkamp Krueger & Co. PC increases its presence in the Quad Cities, Iowa, area with the acquisition of Gabelmann & Associates of Bettendorf … Houston-based Harper & Pearson Co. PC has sold its financial institution practice to BKD CPAs & Advisors (Springfield, Mo.) … As of January 31, Atlanta-based risk consulting firm TRU8 Solutions LLC will be part of Crowe Horwath, whose headquarters are in Chicago … Eide Bailly LLP plans to acquire France, Basterrechea, Wagner & Bunn, a CPA firm based in Gooding, Idaho, effective May 14, 2018; the deal adds four partners and 12 staffers to the firm … Herbein + Co. Inc., based in Reading, Pa., has acquired Gable Peritz Mishkin, a firm that has operated in the Philadelphia area for almost 50 years.

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