People: Walker Bridges, who specializes in business valuation, strategic planning, and multistate tax planning in the timber industry, was promoted to Tax Senior III at Lanigan & Associates in Tallahassee, Fla. … John Chilton, co-founder and partner at Mountjoy Chilton Medley in Louisville, Ky., was appointed state budget director by Matt Bevin, Kentucky’s governor-elect … Shannon Farr has joined LBMC as director in valuation and litigation support services in the firm’s Chattanooga office, bringing over 20 years of expertise in the healthcare valuation arena … Brett W. Neate was named partner at Zinner & Co. in Beachwood, Ohio … Karen Norris joined Dickson Realty’s Truckee, Calif., office as a commercial real estate and business broker … Edward Webb was named partner in the consulting practice group of Burr Pilger Mayer Inc., San Francisco.

Firms: The Costa Rican firm Asesores Fiscales Integrales SA has joined Grant Thornton Cotera y Asociados … BKD LLP of Indianapolis merged with Peterson, Peterson & Goss, a CPA and advisory firm in Wichita, Kan., on December 1 … The Mongolian firm CNM Audit joined the global accountancy network HLB International and was rebranded as HLB Mongolia Audit LLC … Dean Dorton Allen Ford PLLC announced its intent to merge with the Lexington, Ky., firm Barr Anderson & Roberts PSC on January 1.