Business Strategy Expert Dean Maschoff Joins CRA International as Vice President in Firm's Energy and Environment Practice.

BOSTON -- CRA International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial, and management consulting services, today announced that Dean Maschoff has joined CRA as a Vice President in the firm's Energy and Environment practice. Mr. Maschoff's work at CRA will focus on business strategy for power sector clients, as well as advisory services to private equity firms and investment banks. Mr. Maschoff will be based in CRA's Chicago office.

"Dean brings considerable industry experience in business strategy and financial advisory services to CRA," said James C. Burrows, CRA's president and chief executive officer. "His experience within the energy setting will be particularly important to CRA as we continue to strengthen our Energy and Environment practice. Dean is a valuable addition to one of the largest and most experienced energy consultancies, and we expect him to play an important role on the practice leadership team."

Mr. Maschoff comes to CRA from Navigant Consulting, Inc., where he was a member of the firm's management team and was responsible for financial advisory services to the power sector. Prior to Navigant, Mr. Maschoff was the founder of his own management consulting firm. He began his career at Planmetrics, Inc., a consultancy focused on electric and gas utilities.

With more than 25 years of relevant experience, Mr. Maschoff has presented at numerous industry events and published many articles and white papers on the subject of business strategy and financial performance of investor-owned utilities.

About CRA International

Founded in 1965, CRA International is a leading provider of economic and financial expertise and management consulting services. Working with businesses, law firms, accounting firms, and governments, CRA is the preferred consulting firm for complex assignments with pivotal and high-stakes outcomes. The firm is distinguished by a unique combination of credentials: deep vertical experience in a variety of industries; broad horizontal expertise in a range of functional disciplines; and rigorous economic, financial, and market analysis. CRA offers a proven track record of thousands of successful engagements in regulatory and litigation support, business strategy and planning, market and demand forecasting, policy analysis, and engineering and technology management. Headquartered in Boston, the firm has more than a dozen offices within the United States and nine offices in Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. Detailed information about CRA is available at www.crai.com.

Statements in this press release concerning the hiring of Dean Maschoff, including the impact on future business or operating results, are "forward-looking" statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon management's current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties. Information contained in these forward-looking statements is inherently uncertain and actual performance and results may differ materially due to many important factors. Such factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements made by the Company include, among others, changes in the Company's effective tax rate, share dilution from the Company's convertible debt offering and stock options, the impact of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123R and total stock-based compensation, dependence on key personnel, attracting and retaining qualified consultants, dependence on outside experts, utilization rates, factors related to its recent acquisitions, including integration of personnel, clients, offices, and unanticipated expenses and liabilities, risks associated with acquisitions it may make in the future, risks inherent in international operations, the performance of NeuCo, changes in accounting standards, rules and regulations, management of new offices, the potential loss of clients, dependence on growth of the Company's business consulting practice, the ability of the Company to integrate successfully new consultants into its practice, intense competition, risks inherent in litigation, and professional liability. Further information on these and other potential factors that could affect the Company's financial results is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cannot guarantee any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.