People: Kory Felix, MAI, has joined AltaView Advisors’ Orange County, Calif., office as a principal; he specializes in real estate valuation and has experience valuing special-use properties such as golf courses, senior housing, self-storage facilities, and marinas … Judy F. Mason, CPA, CVA, MST, MBA, has been appointed to the position of president of the Illinois Chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) … Katie Gilden, CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE, CVA, has been promoted to director of valuation, forensic, and litigation services at Fiske and Co. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.); she joined the firm in 2009.

Firms: Valuation Resource Group (VRG) has expanded into Albany, N.Y., with a new location at 159 Wolf Road, off Northway I-87; the firm will retain its existing office in East Greenbush, N.Y., as a satellite location … New York-based Prager Metis expanded its presence into the Washington, D.C., area with the acquisition of Frank & Co. of McLean, Va. … Rucci Bardaro & Falzone (RBF) of Woburn, Mass., has joined Princeton, N.J.-based WithumSmith+Brown, bringing five partners and about 30 team members to the firm; the RBF team will remain in Woburn … Expanding its advisory services, Chicago-based BDO USA has acquired Loughlin Management Partners & Co. (LM+Co), a boutique business advisory firm focused on corporate restructuring and turnaround services; this group will operate as BDO Consulting Group … Milwaukee-based Wipfli LLP is building a hedge fund niche with the acquisition of Patke & Associates of Lincolnshire, Ill. … Brentwood, Tenn.-based LBMC has acquired Think Data Insights, a national data analytics company.

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