People: The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) has named its outstanding members for the third quarter of 2020: William Ditty, CPA, CFF, CVA, MAFF, president and owner of Ditty Financial Forensics LLC and Ditty Financial Advisors LLC, and Tonisha “Dr. Toni” Pinckney, Ph.D., MSCJ, MAFF, CFE, CBE, CSCD, CCII, an outspoken author, advocate, and activist on racial, socioeconomic, and gender disparities … Several individuals have joined Valuation Research Corp. (VRC): Pablo Alfaro, CFA, joined the firm’s New York City office as a senior vice president specializing in complex securities (he was formerly with BDO USA, Deloitte, and Finnerty); Leon Li, CFA, joined VRC’s San Francisco office as a senior vice president specializing in complex securities (formerly a vice president at Duff & Phelps); Matthew Colligan, CFA, joined VRC’s Princeton, N.J., office as an associate in the portfolio valuation group (former senior analyst at Analysis Group); Nathan Fineman, ASA, joined VRC’s Chicago office as an associate where he specializes in the valuation of business enterprises and intangible assets for purchase price allocations and goodwill impairment studies as well as fairness and solvency opinions (formerly with Newmark Knight Frank and Duff & Phelps); Alex Caligiuri (CFA candidate), joined VRC’s Princeton, N.J., office as an analyst in the portfolio valuation group (formerly interned with Lincoln Financial Group and GoldOller Real Estate Investments); Brandon Chew joined VRC’s San Francisco office as an analyst where he specializes in business enterprise valuations and intangible-asset valuations (formerly a transfer pricing analyst at Duff & Phelps); and Tyler Peltz joined VRC’s Princeton, N.J., office as an analyst in the portfolio valuation group (formerly an analyst at HealthCare Appraisers Inc.)

Firms: New York-based Grassi & Co. has acquired Levine Caufield Martin & Goldberg (LCMG) of Needham, Mass.; the deal expands Grassi’s geographic footprint to the Boston area and increases its service capabilities in sectors such as healthcare, real estate, manufacturing and distribution, professional services, and nonprofit … Florham Park, N.J.-based Wiss & Co. LLP has launched a new business analytics and intelligence practice, targeting middle-market companies that are looking to better utilize their internal data … New York-based EisnerAmper LLP rolled out the EisnerAmper RTO Platform, a new mobile application designed to help companies keep their employees safe as they re-enter their physical offices; the platform will be offered at no cost to EisnerAmper clients … Lexington, Ky.-based Dean Dorton launched a new COVID-19 Health Check Solution to help businesses comply with federal and state reporting requirements as employees return to work.

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