---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-011421"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HQI"
cik: "0001140102"
company_name: "HireQuest, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T18:52:26.247000+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HireQuest appoints David Hartley as CFO; Steve Crane to retire May 31

## Summary
- Steve Crane to retire as CFO effective May 31, 2025; departure not due to any dispute.
- C. David Hartley, current VP of Operational Finance, appointed CFO effective same date.
- Hartley joined HireQuest in 2020, led 15+ acquisitions; holds BA from Johns Hopkins and MBA from NYU.
- Crane will assist transition; Chief Accounting Officer Cory Smith continues in role.
- Compensation details for Hartley not yet determined; amendment to 8-K to follow within 4 business days.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-011421
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HQI
- cik: 0001140102
- company_name: HireQuest, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774925011421/0001437749-25-011421-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774925011421/hqi20250407_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  C. David Hartley was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at HireQuest, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 4, 2025, HireQuest, Inc. (the "Company") appointed, effective May 31, 2025, C. David Hartley to serve as Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774925011421/0001437749-25-011421-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steve Crane departed as Chief Financial Officer at HireQuest, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Steve Crane, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, informed the Company of his intention to retire from his role effective May 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774925011421/0001437749-25-011421-index.htm

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