---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-044612"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HURN"
cik: "0001289848"
company_name: "Huron Consulting Group Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-22T20:01:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T20:02:47.172264+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Huron Consulting elects Shoshana M. Vernick to board; appointed to three committees

## Summary
- Shoshana M. Vernick elected to Huron board effective June 19, 2026; will serve until 2027 annual meeting.
- Appointed to Compensation, Finance & Capital Allocation, and Technology & Information Security committees.
- Compensation includes $80,000 cash retainer, committee retainers, and $180,000 restricted stock grant (prorated 50%, granted July 1, 2026, vests in one year).
- Vernick is co-founder and managing partner of Avathon Capital, a PE firm investing in education and knowledge services.
- No arrangements or understandings regarding her election; no material interest in transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-044612
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HURN
- cik: 0001289848
- company_name: Huron Consulting Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-22T20:01:23+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000162828026044612/0001628280-26-044612-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000162828026044612/hurn-20260619.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-044612.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shoshana M. Vernick was elected as director at Huron Consulting Group Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On and effective June 19, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (“Huron” or the “Company”) elected Shoshana M. Vernick as a director of Huron, to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Huron (the “2027 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000162828026044612/0001628280-26-044612-index.htm

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