People: AJ Lowring, CVA (P&N Consulting Services Group), has been appointed to the position of president of the Louisiana State Chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) … Enrique C. Brito, CFA, CVA, CM&AA, has joined Newport News, Va.-based PBMares as managing director of its transaction advisory services team, which includes mergers and acquisitions, business strategy, business intelligence, corporate finance, business valuation, due diligence, and operational improvement; he will be in the firm’s Richmond, Va., office … Jennifer J. Murphy, CPA, CFE, CFF, ABV, recently celebrated her 10-year anniversary with Morones Analytics (Portland, Ore.); she specializes in individual financial damage analysis as well as conducts fraud investigations and forensic accounting analyses.

Firms: American City Business Journals (Charlotte, N.C.) has acquired majority ownership of BizEquity, a provider of cloud-based business valuation tools and private business data … Knoxville, Tenn.-based PYA has joined HLB, a global network of independent advisory and accounting firms … Inside Public Accounting has named Hogan Taylor LLP (Tulsa, Okla.) the fastest growing firm for 2019 based on all reported growth in net revenue, including the influence of mergers … Rehmann, based in Troy, Mich., is expanding its footprint with the opening of a new 6,000-square-foot office in downtown Detroit.

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