Charles River Associates Appoints New Members to Board of Directors; Consulting Firm Expands its Board of Directors to 10 Members.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 Charles River Associates Incorporated (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CRAI CRAI Centre De Recherche En Architecture Et Ingénierie (French) CRAI Continuous Regional Arterial Infusion CRAI Consorzio per la Ricerca e le Ipplicazioni di Informatica (Italy) ), a leading provider of economics, financial, and business strategy consulting, today announced the appointments of William F. Concannon, J. Robert S. Prichard, and Carl Shapiro as members of its Board of Directors. The addition of the three expands CRA's board to 10 members. "We are pleased to welcome Bill, Bob, and Carl to CRA's board of directors," said James C. Burrows, CRA's president and chief executive officer. "The experience they have gained in their respective fields will strengthen our overall management and will assist us in pursuing CRA's strategic vision. We look forward to the benefits their leadership, knowledge and counsel will bring to CRA See Community Reinvestment Act. ." Mr. Concannon is President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Trammell Crow Corporate Services (TCC TCC The Car Connection (web site) TCC Tidewater Community College TCC Tallahassee Community College TCC Temporary Continuation of Coverage TCC Tucson Convention Center (Tucson, AZ, USA) ), which specializes in real estate outsourcing services for corporations, healthcare, and higher-education institutions. He is recognized as an industry leader in the field of Corporate Real Estate and Facility Management through his innovative services and performance-based client contracts. He is a member of the Board of Directors and the Operating Committee of Trammell Crow Company, Chairman of the Board for Trammell Crow Savills, a member of the Industrial Development Research Council (serving on the Education Committee), and a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is an international trade association of the shopping center industry. The organization, founded in 1957, has 65,000 members worldwide, which include shopping center owners, developers and managers, as well as other individuals, . Dr. Prichard is currently professor of law and President Emeritus at the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, . From July 1990 to June 2000, he was President of the University of Toronto. Prior to assuming the presidency, Dr. Prichard was Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto from 1984 to 1990. In addition, he has taught at both Yale and Harvard Law Schools, specializing in law and economics, and serves as a director or officer of numerous organizations and corporations in Canada and internationally. Dr. Prichard was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Order's Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means "(those) desiring a better country" (Hebrews 11:16). in 1994. Dr. Shapiro, Senior Consultant at Charles River Associates, is the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. . Dr. Shapiro is a recognized authority on antitrust, intellectual property, network industries, and competitive strategy. He has considerable experience as a consultant and expert witness. His depth of knowledge and research extends across a variety of areas, including industrial organization, competition policy, the economics of innovation, intellectual property, and competitive strategy. He is co-author of the critically acclaimed Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy. Founded in 1965, CRA is a leading provider of sophisticated economic and financial consulting services, expert testimony and litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. support, and business consulting. The firm's areas of expertise include auctions, antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, policy impact assessments, corporate finance, strategy and business operations, and regulatory economics. CRA has advised legal and corporate clients, government agencies, and other organizations in thousands of engagements. In addition to its corporate headquarters in Boston, CRA has offices in Berkeley/Oakland, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Palo Alto, Toronto, and Washington, DC. More information about the Company can be found on its Web site at www.crai.com. |
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