People: Christopher Daianu was promoted to valuation services leader at Bruner Cox of Canton, Ohio … Joseph M. Palmar was named director of the forensic accounting and litigation support division of Goldstein Schechter Koch in Miami … Sheri Schultz, director of litigation support and business valuation at the Plantation, Fla.-firm Fiske & Co., was honored as one of the "2015 Top 10 Public Accounting Professionals" for Florida by the National Academy of Public Accounting Professionals … Mark Shifrin joined the global customized research and analytics firm Aranca as vice president of valuation and advisory services … J. Wade Weeks was appointed managing partner at the Atlanta office of Grant Thornton LLP … Carrie Zhou was promoted to a director of the business valuation group at HA&W LLP in Atlanta.

Firms: HLB International added three new members in Costa Rica: D.T. Baltodano Coghi y Zayas, San José; Esquivel & Alvarez, Heredia; and J.C. & Asociados, San José and San Carlos … Postlethwaite & Netterville has been named by the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, the Greater Baton Rouge SHRM, and Best Companies Group as one of the "2015 Best Places to Work” … Raiche & Co. CPAs has joined the Greater Rochester, N.Y., Chamber of Commerce … Santos, Postal & Co. is merging in Hildebrand, Limparis & Associates, adding an office in Frederick, Md., to the firm’s existing office in Rockville, Md.