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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001289848-22-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HURN"
cik: "0001289848"
company_name: "Huron Consulting Group Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:37:44.404664+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Huron elects new director; boosts share repurchase program to $200M, extends to 2023

## Summary
- Peter K. Markell elected as Class III director, effective March 16, 2022.
- Markell previously EVP and CFO at Mass General Brigham; also audit partner at Ernst & Young.
- Board increased share repurchase authorization to $200M, including $6.3M remaining, extended through Dec 31, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001289848-22-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HURN
- cik: 0001289848
- company_name: Huron Consulting Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000128984822000010/0001289848-22-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000128984822000010/hurn-20220316.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001289848-22-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001289848-22-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001289848-22-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter K. Markell was elected as Class III director at Huron Consulting Group Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: On and effective March 16, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (“Huron” or the “Company”) elected Peter K. Markell as a Class III director of Huron, to serve until the May 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Huron (the "2022 Annual Meeting").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000128984822000010/0001289848-22-000010-index.htm

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