People: Robert Dutkiewicz, president of Clayton & McKervey of Detroit, was honored as one of five national recipients of the Association for Corporate Growth’s Meritorious Service Award … Allen Jacque has joined Wipfli LLP of Milwaukee as a senior manager in the valuation, litigation, and transaction services practice … Tom Kabler has joined the Forensic and Dispute Advisory Group of GBQ Consulting LLC as a director and will head up the firm’s new Chicago office … Terry Orr has joined the Dallas/Fort Worth office of Grant Thornton as a managing director and practice leader for the forensic, investigative, and dispute services serving the Texas/Oklahoma region … Timothy F. Ryan was selected as the new U.S. chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers and will serve a four-year term beginning on July 1, 2016. He is succeeding Bob Moritz, who is becoming global chairman … Tom Sponsel, managing partner of the Sponsel CPA Group of Indianapolis, was appointed to a three-year term on the Professional Advisor Leadership Council of the Central Indiana Community Foundation.

Firms: For the third year in a row, Minnesota Business Magazine named Lurie LLP, based in Minneapolis, one of Minnesota’s “2016 Best Companies to Work For” … The Daily Herald Business Ledger honored Porte Brown, based in Chicago, as one of the “2016 Best Places to Work in Illinois” … Prairie Capital Advisors Inc., a corporate advisory and investment banking firm headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., celebrated its 20th anniversary.