---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-119372"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRAI"
cik: "0001053706"
company_name: "CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC."
filed_at: "2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T17:15:06.496922+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CRA International appoints Prof. Heather Tookes to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Professor Heather E. Tookes of Yale School of Management appointed as independent director, effective Dec. 8, 2022.
- She will serve on Compensation and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees.
- Tookes holds a PhD in finance from Cornell and brings board experience from Dimensional Funds, Ariel Investments, and Payoneer.
- No arrangements or transactions with CRA requiring disclosure under Item 404(a).
- Her appointment fills a Class II director seat until the 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-119372
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRAI
- cik: 0001053706
- company_name: CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465922119372/0001104659-22-119372-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465922119372/tm2230612d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-119372.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Professor Heather E. Tookes was appointed as Director at CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Professor Heather E. Tookes, Ph.D. to join the Board as an independent director, effective as of December 8, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465922119372/0001104659-22-119372-index.htm

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