---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-084477"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRAI"
cik: "0001053706"
company_name: "CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:17:17.899063+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CRA International board changes: Hawthorne resigns, Taylor appointed as independent director

## Summary
- Nancy Hawthorne resigned from Board effective Aug 1, 2022, not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Alva H. Taylor appointed to Board as independent director, effective Aug 1, 2022, serving on Audit and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees.
- Dr. Taylor is a professor at Tuck School of Business, expert in digital strategy and innovation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-084477
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRAI
- cik: 0001053706
- company_name: CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465922084477/0001104659-22-084477-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465922084477/tm2222155d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084477
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084477.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084477.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alva Harry Taylor was appointed as Director at CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Alva Harry Taylor, Ph.D. to join the Board as an independent director, effective as of August 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465922084477/0001104659-22-084477-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nancy Hawthorne resigned as Director at CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 29, 2022, Nancy Hawthorne tendered her resignation from the board of directors (the "Board") of CRA International, Inc. ("we," "us," "our" or the "Company"), effective as of August 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465922084477/0001104659-22-084477-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.