On the move: Hawkins adds valuation services partner

Pinion, Lenexa, appointed to principal: Dari Basore, wealth management consultant at Pinion Wealth and based in Kansas; Geri Arndt in California; Grant Gattis, leader in the next generation team, in Colorado; Kevin Ananian in California; and Megan Johnson, overseer of financial operations, in Colorado.

KPMG, New York, spun out Cranium, a software company that enables organizations to secure their artificial intelligence technologies, which was developed within KPMG's startup incubator  KPMG Studio and in collaboration with AI security experts in the firm's advisory practice. (Read the full story.)

CohnReznick, New York, was named Best Audit Firm – Middle Market by Private Equity Wire in its 2023 US Emerging Manager Awards program. In other firm news, Shawn Flowers was hired as a principal in the Technology+ practice. 

UWorld Roger CPA, Dallas, announced the CPA candidates who received UWorld Roger CPA's Elite-Unlimited CPA Exam Review Course Scholarship: Italia Piña Garza, University of Texas at San Antonio; Melanie Borrego, Florida State University; Jon Randle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Novelet Rolle, Georgia Southern University; and John Balog, Wright State University.