8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) December 15, 2015
 
GP Strategies Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
 
 
 
 
1-7234
 
52-0845774
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
70 Corporate Center
11000 Broken Land Parkway, Suite 200,
Columbia, MD
 
21044
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(443) 367-9600
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
(d) Election of a New Director
 
On December 15, 2015, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of GP Strategies Corporation (the "Company") elected Jennifer E. Brown as a new director of the Company and appointed her as Chair of the Government Security Committee. Ms. Brown is currently the Senior Director, Corporate Security and Technology Control Officer at iDirect Government, LLC where she manages a diverse security program consisting of a variety of government contracts. She has nearly 15 years of overall industrial security management experience and brings to the Board expertise in compliance with the complex security requirements of government contracts.

The Board has determined that Ms. Brown qualifies as an independent director under New York Stock Exchange listing standards. In addition, there are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Brown and any other person pursuant to which she was selected to serve as a director of the Company, nor is she a participant in any related party transaction required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.



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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION
 
 
Date: December 21, 2015
/s/ Kenneth L. Crawford
 
Kenneth L. Crawford
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary


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