Company: CRAI
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-039429
Chunk: 14

Company: CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 14
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; and our independent registered public accountants’ qualifications, independence and performance. The committee is directly responsible for appointing, determining the compensation of, evaluating and, when necessary, terminating our independent registered public accountants. The committee is also responsible for reviewing and assessing the adequacy of the charter by which it is governed on an annual basis. Our audit committee has adopted procedures for the treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, including procedures for the confidential and anonymous submission by our directors, officers, employees and outside consultants of concerns regarding questionable accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters. Our audit committee is also responsible for reviewing and, if appropriate, approving related-person transactions. Our board of directors has determined that each of Mr. Booth and Ms. Keenan is an audit committee financial expert under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that all of the members of our audit committee are independent under the rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Our audit committee met eight times, and acted by written consent two times, during fiscal 2024. Nominating and corporate governance committee During fiscal 2024, our nominating and corporate governance committee was composed of Mr. Concannon, Ms. Detrick, Drs. Taylor and Tookes. Our nominating and corporate governance committee’s responsibilities include providing recommendations to our board of directors regarding nominees for director and membership on the committees of our board of directors. The committee also assists our board of directors in our enterprise risk management by providing recommendations to our board of directors regarding succession plans for our chief executive officer. An additional function of the committee is to develop corporate governance practices for recommendation to our board of directors. Our board of directors has determined that all of the members of our nominating and corporate governance committee are independent under the rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Our nominating and corporate governance committee met four times, and acted by written consent one time, during fiscal 2024. Compensation committee During fiscal 2024, our compensation committee was composed of Messrs. Avery and Concannon and Ms. Detrick, and Dr. Tookes. Our compensation committee’s responsibilities include providing recommendations to our board of directors regarding the compensation levels of our directors; reviewing and approving, or recommending for approval by our board of directors, the compensation levels of our executive officers; providing recommendations to our board of directors regarding our compensation programs; administering our employee benefit plans, including all incentive compensation plans and equity-based plans; authorizing grants under our stock option plans and other equity-based plans