People: Brian Burns has been named director of the forensics and valuation practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman in Virginia … Todd Bryarly has been promoted to principal leading the HBK Valuation Group, a division of the Canfield, Ohio-based Hill, Barth & King … Glen Marku has joined Grant Thornton’s Chicago offices as a managing director in the transfer pricing practice … Kevin McElroy has joined Valuation Services Inc. (VSI) as a director in its New York City office … Colleen Murray has been named shareholder at Perkins & Co., Portland, Ore. … John J. O’Donnell has joined the New York-based Friedman LLP as a partner in the forensic accounting, litigation support, and valuation services (FLVS) practice and is based in the firm’s Philadelphia office.

Firms: The Ohio-based Rea & Associates has acquired PMAgroup, another Ohio firm that exclusively consults dentists on practice management, business development, and succession planning, specifically M&A activities.

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