People: Ezra Angrist has joined valuation and financial advisory firm AltaView Advisors in its New York City office as a director; he has more than 15 years of experience in investment banking and business valuation … Madison Field, CFE, CVA, has been promoted to director at Baton Rouge, La.-based Postlethwaite & Netterville; he joined the firm in 2011 and is a leader in the forensic and valuation services area, where his focus within litigation services includes economic damages, divorce and litigated matters involving business valuations, and forensic accounting matters … Earlier this year, Enterprise, Ala.-based Carr Riggs & Ingram LLC (CRI) named two valuation experts as partners: Katie McKenzie, CPA, CVA, who is in the Mobile office and has a primary focus on real estate and construction, and Ryan Hayden, CPA, CVA, who is in the Tampa Bay office and provides tax planning, compliance, consulting, and business valuation services, with a predominant focus on estate and trust tax matters.

Firms: Lexington, Ky.-based Dean Dorton is adding Koonce Wooten & Haywood LLP (KWH) of Raleigh, N.C., a firm that provides accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting services to not-for-profit organizations, individuals, and small and midmarket businesses throughout the region … Seattle-based Moss Adams LLP has acquired boutique real estate consulting firm Mengali Accountancy Inc. of Healdsburg, Calif. … San Francisco-based BPM LLP is adding Avaunt Ltd. CPAs and Consultants of Sacramento, which provides tax, accounting, bookkeeping, financial planning, and consulting services to businesses in the restaurant and hospitality space, as well as medical industry practices and professionals; this is BPM’s second recent deal in the region the past month (the other was Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Elliott CPA Group Inc.) … Naperville, Ill.-based Sikich LLP is adding Petrow Kane Leemhuis PC of Indianapolis, a 12-employee firm that provides audit and attest, tax, accounting, and a range of business services, including succession planning, to businesses across a range of industries, as well as to individuals … Enterprise, Ala.-based Carr Riggs & Ingram LLC (CRI) is adding Pharr Bounds LLP of Austin, Texas, which provides tax, accounting, and consulting services to a wide variety of clients in the greater Austin area … Cincinnati-based Burke & Schindler PLL, has merged with the Richmond, Ind., CPA firm of Gillam & Zetzl, a firm that provides accounting, tax, and consulting services to a broad spectrum of small to midsized businesses as well as individuals.

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