People: Several developments at Columbus, Ohio-based GBQ: Mallory Ashbrook, JD, CPA, has earned the Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) designation from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA); Eric Dollin, ASA, has been promoted to valuation senior manager (he’s in the Indianapolis, Ind., office); and Megan Eberhart, CFA, has been promoted to valuation manager … Misty Decker has been named a director of the fraud, valuation and litigation support group at Greenville, S.C.-based Elliott Davis; she’ll be based in the Nashville, Tenn., office … Timothy Jamison has been promoted to director at Prairie Capital Advisors Inc., a leading corporate advisory and investment banking firm … Dimitri Drone has joined Houlihan Lokey as a managing director as part of a continued build-out of the firm’s pharmaceutical and life sciences valuation services; he’s based in New York City.

Firms: New York-based Marcum has acquired GBH CPAs of Houston, effective July 1; GBH brings four partners and 25 associates to Marcum … Fort Worth, Texas-based Whitley Penn has leased two full floors in Frost Tower Fort Worth (FTFW), the downtown’s newest high-rise … RKL LLP expanded its presence in the Philadelphia area by opening an office in Exton, Pa., with workspace for up to 90 professionals; this is the seventh Pennsylvania location for the firm … HoganTaylor LLP will move its 75-employee operation in suburban Oklahoma City to a former Mercedes dealership; the move will be completed by November 2019.

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