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Charles River Associates (CRA) Promotes 11 to Vice President, Strengthening Expertise Across the Firm
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Charles River Associates (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial, and management consulting services,
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[{"type":"text","content":" BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCharles River Associates (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial, and management consulting services, today announced the promotions of 11 new Vice Presidents. The promotions reinforce the depth of expertise across the firm’s global Antitrust & Competition, Energy and Life Sciences practices, as well as its IT department.\n\n\n“The achievements of our newly promoted Vice Presidents reflect the great year that CRA had in 2025 and reinforce my optimism in our future,” said CRA President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Maleh. “These 11 individuals exemplify the combination of expertise and experience that our clients and teams rely on when facing complex business challenges. I am grateful for their many contributions to the firm and congratulate them on this achievement.”\n\n\nThe newly promoted Vice Presidents are:\n\n\nKira Gordon, Boston: Ms. Gordon specializes in life sciences strategy consulting with expertise in pricing and market access strategy, opportunity assessment, and diligence support. She has experience with both drug development and medical devices across a broad range of therapy areas, with a particular emphasis on medical-surgical devices, hospital drugs, metabolic syndrome, and outpatient specialty therapeutics in categories including oncology, neurology-psychology, autoimmune, and rare disease.\n\n\nDr. Adriana de la Huerta, Washington, DC: Dr. de la Huerta has deep expertise in economic analysis for mergers, conduct matters, and antitrust litigation across a wide range of industries, including consumer products, building materials, chemical products, distribution services, entertainment, retail, and real estate. She has led numerous high-stakes client engagements, working with both private parties and US antitrust agencies, and has extensive experience supporting testifying experts through all phases of litigation.\n\n\nDr. Matthew Johnson, Oakland: Dr. Johnson has over 20 years of experience developing empirical methods and leading expert teams in merger litigations and other cases across the antitrust spectrum. Working with and in front of regulators, he has applied critical analyses of competition to industries such as energy, retail, social media, semiconductors, autos, and mobile devices.\n\n\nDean Koujak, New York: Mr. Koujak is a recognized expert ...