People: Jeff George, CPA, ABV, has been admitted as a partner at Chicago-based Baker Tilly US LLP; he is in the firm’s global forensics and litigation services consulting practice in the Denver office … Hubert Klein, CPA, ABV, CFF, CVA, CFE, CGMA, a partner and practice leader at New York City-based EisnerAmper, has been appointed to the editorial board of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts membership publication, The Value Examiner, and to the American Institute of CPAs’ National Accreditation Commission … Steve Pittman, CPA, CA, CBV, has joined Ottawa-based Andrews & Co. as a partner; he has over 25 years of experience in business valuation, forensic accounting, economic loss, and damage quantification services and is also skilled in a variety of litigation-related services, including family law … The governing council of the AICPA has elected Bill Pirolli, CPA, CGMA, CFF, PFS (DiSanto Priest & Co.), as the organization’s new chairperson; he succeeds outgoing chair Tracey Golden in the volunteer post.

Firms: New York City-based EisnerAmper has launched a new group focused on serving special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs); the group consists of experts in risk management, formation, valuation, and accounting for these entities … Milwaukee-based Wipfli LLP is adding St. Louis-based Mueller Prost, a firm that focuses on closely held businesses and organizations in the healthcare, manufacturing and distribution, nonprofit, and real estate and construction industries; Wipfli now has more than 2,900 associates … Cherry Hill, N.J.-based Alloy Silverstein Accountants and Advisors is adding bookkeeping and consulting practice JB Financial Associates LLC (Mount Laurel, N.J.) …Calgary-based MNP is adding Sudbury, Ontario-based McLelland Crawford Topp, a firm that provides taxation services, trust and estate planning, and financial planning.

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