People: Bruce Gold, a principal at Abrams Little-Gill Loberfeld PC, has been appointed as a member of the 2014-15 board of directors of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants … J. Michael (Mike) McGuire is the CEO-elect of Grant Thornton and will succeed Stephen Chipman on Jan. 1, 2015 … John Mlynczyk has been promoted to partner at Kernutt Stokes of Eugene, Ore.

Firms: CohnReznick LLP and Boston-based Ercolini & Co. will merge firms on June 30 … Kennedy and Coe LLC will merge with Chico, Calif.-based firm, Matson and Isom, scheduled to be complete by Jan. 1, 2015 … Ryan LLC of Dallas has acquired Altus International, a Dutch firm providing transfer pricing, business restructuring, and valuation expertise to companies around the world … Boyum & Barenscheer CPAs of Minneapolis has acquired Peterson, Peterson & Associates CPAs.