People: Sonia Desai, CPA, ABV, ASA, CBV, has been named a partner at Houston-based Weaver; she is in the firm’s forensics and litigation services and valuation services practice groups and is in the Austin, Texas, office; she has over 16 years of experience in valuation, litigation, investigations, and audit, including serving as an expert witness … The American Society of Appraisers (ASA) College of Fellows (FASA) is the highest honor the ASA bestows; the newest members in the business valuation discipline are: J. Mark Penny, FASA (ARM, BV); William Quackenbush, FASA (BV); Raymond D. Rath, FASA (ARM, BV); and Gary R. Trugman, FASA (BV).

Firms: San Ramon, Calif.-based Armanino LLP is expanding into the Midwest by acquiring St. Louis-based Brown Smith Wallace; the deal will become effective on August 1 … Cleveland-based CBIZ has acquired Schramm Health Partners LLC (dba Optumas) of Scottsdale, Ariz.; the 33-employee firm specializes in providing actuarial services to state government healthcare agencies to assist in the administration of Medicaid programs.

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