People: Ryan Lubinski, CPA, CVA, has been appointed a partner at MichaelSilver (Deerfield, Ill.); he has over 12 years of experience providing accounting, business valuation, and compliance and consulting services to a wide range of industries including manufacturing, automobile dealerships, retail, distribution and logistics, and employee benefits plans … Several announcements from Mercer Capital: Nicholas J. Heinz, ASA, and Bryce Erickson, ASA, MRICS, have been named managing directors, and Bryce has also been elected to the firm’s board of directors; Lisa L. Doble, JD, has been named chief administrative officer; and Barbara Walters Price has been named chief marketing officer … Evlon Charles has joined FORVIS in Houston as a managing director on its valuation team; prior to joining the firm, he worked in various valuation roles at international accounting firms with a focus on the financial services sector … Don Bays, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFF, has joined BeachFleischman in Phoenix as a senior director for the firm’s Financial Forensics & Valuation Services practice; he has over 35 years of experience and provides services for marital dissolution, economic damages, and other litigation matters, giving expert testimony in matters such as insurance fraud, contract disputes, lost earnings, professional liability issues, and property settlement matters related to marital dissolution … Jamie McIntyre, JD, has been named a partner at HealthCare Appraisers, an employee-owned, national healthcare valuation and advisory firm.

Firms: Columbus, Ohio-based GBQ Partners LLC has launched Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Advisory & Assurance Services … Atlanta-based Mauldin & Jenkins has merged with CFO Navigator, a specialized firm in the metro-Atlanta area that helps companies leverage their financial data … Tampa, Fla., area firm Murtha & Murtha LLC is now operating as Murtha & Flischel CPAs, as the firm’s long-time senior accountant Kyle Flischel is now a named managing partner with fellow managing partner and co-founder Patrick Murtha.

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