People: Zach C. Reichenbach, CFA, CPA/ABV/CFF, has joined the boutique valuation/litigation support firm Vallit Advisors as a director; he has specialized expertise in litigation, valuation, and bankruptcy and will be working primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region … Gregory Cook and Franco Silva of Prairie Capital Advisors Inc. have been promoted to director from vice president; both have been “Top 40 Under Forty” honorees by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) … David Richards, CPA/ABV, has changed the name of his firm from Vanderwal, Spratto & Richards PC to Richards & McDougall PC to reflect his current partnership with Krista McDougall, CPA; the firm is in Manistee, Mich.

Firms: Mazars, the international accounting and advisory firm, has become a sponsor of the International Valuation Standards Council … Wojeski & Co. CPAs (Albany, N.Y.) has relocated to new offices within the city; the firm recently acquired DeChants, Fuglein & Johnson LLP, which brought the total staff count to 40 employees … Concord, N.H.-based Nathan Wechsler & Co. has announced a merger with Thomas S. Bates, CPA, PC of Keene, N.H. … Kruggel Lawton CPAs (South Bend, Ind.) has opened a full-service office in Goshen, Ind.; this location marks the fifth office for the firm … Grand Junction, Colo.-based Dalby Wendland & Co. has relocated its Montrose, Colo., office within the city; Ralph A. “Buck” Miller, CPA, CVA is the Montrose office principal … Skiles Loop Bremer & White CPAs celebrated 40 years of business with a ribbon-cutting at their new location in North Platte, Neb.; the firm has 23 employees in six locations throughout southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas … Wouch Maloney CPAs and Business Advisors has opened a new office in Philadelphia; this is the firm’s third location; the others are in Horsham, Pa., and Bonita Springs, Fla.

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