People: Houston-based GBH CPAs has admitted Gary Canon as partner and leader of the business valuation and M&A team … Chad Clinehens has been named president and CEO of Zweig Group (Fayetteville, Ark.), and Jamie Claire Kiser has been appointed director of consulting … Shannon Farr has joined Pershing Yoakley & Associates as a principal. She’ll work out of its Knoxville, Tenn. office … Schenck of Appleton, Wisc., announced the admission of Chris Hendricks and Brad Kussow as shareholders. Kussow will now serve as managing director of transaction advisory services.

Firms: Blue & Co. was named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” for a sixth consecutive year. The firm has offices in Bowling Green, Lexington, and Louisville … Brown Edwards & Co. acquired Dixon Hughes Goodman’s Roanoke, Va. office, employees, and partners, effective February 1 … Nick Mears recently opened Caprock Business Consulting LLC in Lubbock, Texas. The new firm provides attorneys, business owners, and CPAs with valuation-related services for civil and commercial litigation, family law, estate planning, and corporate planning purposes … Carr, Riggs & Ingram has acquired Nashville, Tenn., firm Rayburn Fitzgerald … EisnerAmper has added Princeton firm Field & Higgins … Atlanta-based Habif, Arogeti & Wynne has changed its name to Aprio … The National Association for Business Resources recognized Sikich’s Marlborough, Mass., office as one of “Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.”

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