---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-21-007468"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REKR"
cik: "0001697851"
company_name: "Rekor Systems, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T08:05:29.395631+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rekor board member Christine Harada resigns to join Biden administration as Permitting Council head

## Summary
- Christine Harada steps down from Rekor board effective July 2, 2021, to lead Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.
- Harada served as Governance Chair and member of audit and compensation committees since joining board in 2017.
- No disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices cited; departure is for federal government role.
- Rekor president Robert Berman thanked Harada for four years of guidance during company's rapid expansion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-21-007468
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REKR
- cik: 0001697851
- company_name: Rekor Systems, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697851/000165495421007468/0001654954-21-007468-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697851/000165495421007468/rekr_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-21-007468.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christine Harada departed as Director at Rekor Systems, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 1, 2021, Rekor Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), announced that Christine Harada will step down from the Board of Directors of the Company, effective July 2, 2021, to lead the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Counsel.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697851/000165495421007468/0001654954-21-007468-index.htm

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