Gary Raichart is a managing director in the Strategic Value Advisory practice at Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps), based out of San Diego. He has over 15 years of consulting experience focusing on the strategic analysis of value, risk and uncertainty. He has extensive experience valuing assets and liabilities, business opportunities, contractual obligations, and transactions […]

Tim McDonald is the President of Protelum Advisors, Inc. a firm specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Valuation, and Exit Planning services. For over 25 years Tim has advised thousands of business owners throughout the United States and Europe on ownership transitions, valuation and value creation and recapitalizations. Protelum Advisors represents over $150 billion in […]

Seonaid (“Shona”) McArthur is a certified appraiser of Fine Art specializing in Contemporary, American, and European Art, including painting, sculpture, prints, photography and some decorative arts. Since 2013, she has brought her passion for research, knowledge, and love of art from her years of working as a curator and educator in some of the world’s […]

Garrett R. Goldfield is an Accredited Senior Appraiser in Fine Art and Residential Contents from the American Society of Appraisers serving the San Diego and Los Angeles regions for over 25 years. He is one of only a few appraisers with this double accreditation from ASA in California. Garrett received his B.A. from the University […]

Eric Engstrom is a Certified General Appraiser licensed in the State of California. Rick started his real property appraisal career in 1976 when he started working for Hemet Federal Savings in Riverside County. He moved to San Diego with his wife and started working for Home Savings and on to Great Western Savings Bank, where […]

Kathleen Turner is an Accredited Senior Appraiser from the American Society of Appraisers and a Certified Graduate Gemologist from the Gemological Institute of America with over 20 years of experience in the jewelry industry. She is the founder and owner of Cal Coast Jewelry Appraisers Inc., an independent gemological laboratory and mobile appraisal service in […]

Cheryl Kessler is a Director in CBIZ’s Forensic Consulting Group. She specializes in valuation opinions for marital dissolutions, gift and estate tax purposes, partner buyouts, and mergers & acquisitions. For over 25 years, Ms. Kessler has helped closely-held companies large and small, in many industries, determine the value of their equity. Ms. Kessler presents a […]

I specialize in valuing entire businesses and business interests for Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), IRS tax compliance, financial reporting, and transactional purposes. Business interests include common & preferred stock, options & warrants, convertible & regular debt, limited partnership & LLC interests, and unique forms of equity such as phantom stock, stock appreciation rights, royalties, […]

Brandon began his valuation career in 2010 after joining AR International, which provides equipment and inventory valuations. He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) in the Machinery & Technical Specialties discipline and in the Business Valuation discipline. In 2014 he founded Steele Advisory Group which provides business valuation and consulting services for clients which include […]