People: The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) has named its outstanding members for the first quarter of 2022: Stephen A. White, CVA, the managing partner and founder of Onyx Partners Group (OPG) of Montclair, N.J., and Nick Mears, MBA, CVA, MAFF, founder and managing member of Caprock Business Consulting LLC, a business valuation and consulting firm based in Lubbock, Texas … Sydney-based PwC partner, Richard Stewart OAM, has been appointed as the next chair of the IVSC’s Business Valuation Board (BVB); he takes over from Andreas Ohl (PwC), who steps down after a seven-year contribution to the IVSC’s standard-setting boards.

Firms: New York City-based Citrin Cooperman & Co. establishes its first office in the Midwest by adding Shepard Schwartz & Harris (SSH) of Chicago, a firm with 10 partners and over 50 staff members that provides tax, accounting, and business advisory services to privately held companies, primarily in the real estate, construction, and manufacturing/distribution industries … Dallas-based Ryan has acquired Paradigm DKD Group LLC, a property tax management services firm specializing in real and personal property tax appeals, preacquisition planning due diligence, complex property consulting, and business property tax compliance … MarksNelson LLC of Kansas City, Mo., is acquiring wealth management firm Integrity Advisory of Overland Park, Kan., which will operate as MN Wealth Advisors, a subsidiary of MarksNelson, and will be located in Overland Park … New York City-based Anchin established a new office in Boca Raton, Fla., its first office in a new region in the firm’s 100-year history … RBT CPAs Inc. and Sickler, Torchia, Allen & Churchill CPAs have merged their practices; both are accounting, auditing, consulting, and tax firms in the Hudson Valley, N.Y., area.

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