CRA International welcomes Alva Taylor to its Board as Independent Director

– USA, MA –  Charles River Associates (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial,ial and management consulting services, today announced the appointment of Alva Taylor to its Board as an independent director, effective August 1, 2022.

“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Alva Taylor as an independent director to CRA’s Board. Alva is a recognized expert in the areas of digital strategy and change management, and he is joining us at a time when our firm is stronger than ever before, buoyed by broad-based profitable growth. His insights will help CRA continue on the path to a promising and exciting future for our colleagues, clients, and shareholders alike by drawing on the curiosity, creativity, and commitment to excellence that have made CRA the global leader it is today,” said Chairman ans CEO, Paul Maleh.

Dr. Taylor will also join the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.

The company also announced that Nancy Hawthorne will step down from the Board of Directors, effective August 1, 2022.

About Alva H. Taylor

Dr. Taylor is a professor and the faculty director of the Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. The center helps business leaders understand how changes in digital technology impact business strategy and corporate decision-making. Dr. Taylor has been recognized for his research in the areas of innovation processes, entrepreneurship, technological change, and strategic decision-making in fast-changing environments. His recent work explores the challenges of managing creative groups for sustained innovation and entrepreneurship, and how organizational learning takes place in information-rich environments. He teaches courses on strategy, innovation, and change management in Tuck’s flagship MBA, Executive Education, and Master’s in Health Care Delivery Science programs.

Dr. Taylor has partnered with Google to design and direct the Digital Excellence for Minority Entrepreneurs Executive Education Program.

Dr. Taylor holds BS and MS degrees in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University, an MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

About Charles River Associates

Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm specializing in economic, financial, and management consulting services. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters about litigation and regulatory proceedings and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its unique combination of functional expertise and industry knowledge, and its objective solutions to complex problems. Headquartered in Boston, CRA has offices throughout the world.

For more information: https://www.crai.com/

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