People: Meredith Damm and Andrey Kuzmin have joined Alvarez & Marsal’s Atlanta offices as senior director and associate in the Valuation Services group, respectively … Efrat Kasznik, president at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Foresight Valuation Group, was selected for inclusion in IAM’s Strategy 300 list for the fifth year in a row … Robert Morrison will begin a one-year term as international vice president of the American Society of Appraisers on July 1. Morrison is managing partner of Morrison Valuation Forensic Services in Orlando, Fla. … Mark Warshavsky, partner-in-charge of GettryMarcus’ Business Valuation & Litigation Services Group, accepted the Thomas R. Porter Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts at NACVA’s conference earlier this month.

Firms: Elliott Davis Decosimo has been designated as a HITRUST CSF assessor, allowing the Greenville, S.C.-based firm to provide services using the HITRUST CSF, a comprehensive security framework developed in collaboration with healthcare and information security professionals … Scott M. DeMarco announced the formation of Equitable Value, which will provide valuation services throughout New York state … Youngstown, Ohio-based HBK was named to the Ohio Society for Human Resource Management's Best Employers in Ohio list for the eight consecutive year … Marks Paneth announced the opening of a new office in Boca Raton, Fla. … Plante Moran received the ACG New York “Champion’s Award for CPA Firm of the Year.”

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