People: Chris Rosenthal, director and leader of the disputes, forensic, and valuation services practice at Baltimore-based Ellin & Tucker, was elected chair of the Business Valuation Resource Panel with The Appraisal Foundation; he will assume his chairmanship Jan. 1, 2019, and will serve a one-year term … Richard (Rick) Gray has joined Caler, Donten, Levine, Cohen, Porter & Veil PA (CDL) in West Palm Beach, Fla., as a director of business valuation and litigation support; he has more than 27 years as a CPA and has the certifications of ABV, CVA, and ASA … Julian Dozier, CPA, ABV, CFF, CFE, has been admitted as a shareholder at Thomas Howell Ferguson PA CPAs in Tallahassee, Fla. … Michael Schultz has joined the Dublin, Ohio, office of Rea & Associates as a manager on the firm’s business valuations team.

Firms: Washington, D.C.-based Raffa, known for its work in the nonprofit and social sector, combined with New York-based Marcum on October 1; Raffa, majority-owned by women partners, adds to Marcum 18 partners, 11 of them women, and 280 associates, bringing Marcum’s team to 250 partners and more than 1,700 associates … Roanoke, Va.-based Brown Edwards is acquiring the Newport News, Va., practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman, effective October 31 … Councilor Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM), with offices in Bethesda, Md., and Washington, D.C., will add Chaconas & Wilson of Washington, D.C., on November 1; the expansion will create a firm of 97 team members, including 12 partners … Weaver will open a new office in New York City in the Times Square/Theater District; the new space is more than three times larger than the previous temporary space the firm occupied.

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