People: Pablo Alfaro, CFA, has joined Valuation Research Corp. (VRC) as a senior vice president in the Complex Securities Group in the firm’s New York City office; he specializes in valuing complex securities including options, warrants, convertible bonds, and preferred and common stock in privately held companies … Matthew Ruzic, CPA, CVA, FMVA, has been promoted to assurance services director at Sisterson & Co. LLP in Pittsburgh … Jerry Henderson, CPA, has been named as regional managing partner for National Advisory Services (NAS) at BKD CPAs & Advisors.

Firms: Alvarez & Marsal is expanding its Energy Advisory Services in Houston and has added Craig Jones, a 20-year energy industry veteran as a senior director … Westborough, Mass.-based AAFCPAs has acquired Scott A. Goffstein & Associates, a 14-person CPA firm in Waltham, Mass.; AAFCPAs now has 34 partners, a 240-person staff, and four locations in Massachusetts (Boston, Westborough, Wellesley, and Waltham) … New Philadelphia, Ohio-based Rea & Associates has acquired Jones Battles Group of Concord, Ohio; the three employees of Jones Battles will work out of Rea’s Mentor, Ohio, office … New York-based Berdon started a new Friday Kids Korner program via Zoom to briefly relieve parents from the challenges of keeping their children occupied throughout the workday; on the first Friday, over 75 employees and 130 children listened as partner John Fitzgerald, leader of the law firm services practice, read It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny.

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