People: Luis A. Argueso and Andrea M. Ferrari, JD, MPH, have been named partners at Boca Raton, Fla.-based HealthCare Appraisers Inc. … Noam Hirschberger, CFA, CVA, director of valuation services at PKF O’Connor Davies, New York City, was appointed to serve as the leader of the firm’s new cannabis industry practice area … Eric Miles, CPA, CFE, CFF, CIA, has been named the new managing partner of the consulting practice at Seattle-based Moss Adams; he will lead the firm’s numerous consulting lines, including information technology, specialty tax, transactions, valuation, wealth management, and other consulting services … Outgoing Deloitte CEO Cathy Engelbert has been named the commissioner of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Firms: Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Cendrowski Corporate Advisors has a new alliance with Ron Braver and Associates LLC of Chicago that adds to the firm’s investigative, antifraud, money laundering, internal investigations, and asset forfeiture capabilities; Braver is a former special agent of the criminal investigation division of the IRS … Chicago-based BDO USA LLP expands its foothold in the Philadelphia area while expanding its advisory offerings with the acquisition of AC Lordi of Malvern, Pa., effective June 1; the addition brings 100 professionals to BDO plus AC Lordi CEO Frank Lordi and the firm’s six other principals, who will become BDO partners … Roanoke, Va.-based Brown Edwards has acquired two practices of Richmond, Va.-based Cherry Bekaert effective June 1; this involves the Roanoke, Va., and Lynchburg, Va., practices, which have 15 partners and 92 professional staff between them.

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