People: Jennifer Cossette, ASA, has joined AltaView Advisors’ San Francisco office as a principal … LBMC (Nashville, Tenn.) has named Andrew Lowe, ASA, CEIV, MAFF, ABAR, Knoxville, Tenn., market leader and head of the valuation and litigation support services group, as a shareholder; also named as a shareholder is Katie Tarr, CHFP, who specializes in compensation valuation services including assisting healthcare organizations in determining the fair market value of physician compensation arrangements … Paul Weisinger, CPA/ABV, CVA, CEPA, a principal at Walthall Rea (subsidiary of Rea & Associates) in its Cleveland office, has been named to the AICPA’s Business Valuations Committee; he will serve a 12-month term, ending May 2020 … Erin Dwyer, formerly with the Center for Audit Quality, has been named deputy director of the Office of External Affairs at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); she will serve as the direct point of contact for and liaison to investors, audit committees, and preparers … Danielle Solomon was selected as the firm’s new national industry partner (NIP) of the healthcare practice at Springfield, Mo.-based BKD CPAs and Advisors … Yasmine L. Misuraca, CPA, CFE, has been named partner in charge of the forensic and dispute advisory practice at New York City-based Prager Metis CPAs as part of the firm’s expansion of its expertise in this space … David Kessler was elected the next CEO at New York-based CohnReznick, and he’ll assume the role on Feb. 1, 2020, when current CEO Frank Longobardi completes his term; Kessler is currently the managing partner for the firm’s real estate practice.

Firms: California CPA firm Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co. will become part of regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm Eide Bailly on July 22; the combination will add 11 California offices and an expanded Phoenix office to Eide Bailly’s footprint … New York City-based Marks Paneth has opened a new office (its ninth) in Philadelphia’s central business district as part of a plan to expand the firm’s presence in the mid-Atlantic area … Knoxville, Tenn.-based Rodefer Moss & Co. is expanding its services in Tennessee and Virginia by merging with Fortner Smalley of Kingsport, Tenn., and Thrower Blanton & Associates of Norton, Va., as of July 1; the combined firm will have 160 employees and offices in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and Virginia.

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