People: Brent McDade, ASA, ABV, CVA, MAFF, has joined Willamette Management Associates as a director in the firm’s Atlanta office; he has nearly 30 years of experience in the areas of business valuation, economic damages, and investment banking and has performed valuations for the purpose of tax planning and compliance, forensic analysis and dispute resolution, financial reporting, and transaction planning … Two professionals have joined Houston-based Weaver: T.J. Liles-Tims, CVA, CFE, MAFF, has joined as a new managing director in its Forensics and Litigation and Valuation Services practices based in the firm’s Oklahoma City and Dallas offices and Liza Bowersox, ASA, has joined as a new managing director in the firm’s Valuation Services practice, and she is based in Richmond, Va., serving as a local market leader for valuation services on the East Coast.

Firms: Albuquerque, N.M.-based REDW has expanded into the Pacific Northwest by adding Grove Mueller & Swank of Salem, Ore., an accounting, tax, and consulting firm … Eide Bailly has acquired RBTK of San Diego, a firm that focuses on the construction industry … Naperville, Ill.-based Sikich has acquired Golden Trail Advisers, a wealth management consulting firm based in Burr Ridge, Ill. … Towson, Md.-based Rosen Sapperstein and Friedlander will acquire Mister, Burton & Associates of Hunt Valley, Md., which provides audit, tax, accounting, and management advisory services for businesses, business owners, and high-net-worth individuals … Birmingham, Ala.-based BMSS Advisors & CPAs will add Haddox Reid Eubank Betts of Ridgeland, Miss.; the combined firm will operate under the BMSS name and will have 32 partners, 125 CPAs, and approximately 322 employees.

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