People: Peter L. Lohrey, Ph.D., CVA, CDBV, has been named the outstanding member for the first quarter 2021 of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA): He is a director in the Forensic and Valuation Services Department of Prager Metis CPAs LLC (Hackensack, N.J.) and has over 35 years of experience in the forensic accounting and valuation profession … Anna Townsend, CPA/ABV, ASA, has been promoted to the partner group at Richmond, Va.-based Cherry Bekaert; she is in the firm’s valuation services group, specializing in valuations for financial reporting such as for business combinations (ASC 805), goodwill impairment (ASC 350), and stock-based compensation (ASC 718 and 820) … Catherine Tremblay, CPA, CA, CBV, ASA, CFF, has been elected to a three-year term as the Quebec region director on CBV Institute’s board of directors; she is a partner at MNP in its Montréal office and is the firm’s leader of business valuations and litigation support services for the Québec region … Meredith Damm, ASA, has joined Savannah, Ga.-based Hancock Askew & Co. LLP as a managing director of transaction advisory services; she will oversee the firm’s business valuation, strategic growth consulting, due diligence, quality of earnings analyses, and litigation support services and will focus on the growth and development of the practice on a firmwide level … Vince Cummings, MAFF, CFE, CPA, CVA, CIA, has joined Springfield, Mo.-based BKD CPAs & Advisors as a director in the firm’s forensics and valuation services division (Kansas City, Mo., office); he is a licensed private investigator and former special agent with the FBI.

Firms: New York City-based Marcum LLP has acquired the CFO outsourcing firm Starter-Fluid LLC (Canton, Mass.); the firm’s founder and CEO along with two managing directors and 10 additional associates will be based in Marcum’s Boston office … In a move to boost its ServiceNow consulting capabilities (digital workflow solutions), Chicago-based RSM US LLP has acquired the ServiceNow practice of Salt Lake City-based Rego Consulting, which has performed more IT business management implementations.

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