SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Bell Gregory K

(Last) (First) (Middle)
200 CLARENDON STREET, T-33

(Street)
BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/20/2006
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. [ CRAI ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP, Platform Leader
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 24,092 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 04/23/1998(1) 04/23/2008 Common Stock 15,000 18.5 D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 06/08/1999(1) 06/08/2009 Common Stock 5,000 22.5 D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 09/11/2000(2) 09/11/2010 Common Stock 2,966 10.688 D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 05/02/2001(3) 05/02/2011 Common Stock 3,750 10.85 D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 05/30/2003 05/30/2012 Common Stock 3,269 13.75 D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 05/30/2002(4) 05/30/2012 Common Stock 13,125 13.75 D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 06/05/2003(5) 06/05/2013 Common Stock 7,314 22.81 D
Nonqualified Stock Option (right to buy) 06/05/2003(6) 06/05/2013 Common Stock 4,023 22.81 D
Nonqualified Stock Option (right to buy) 11/25/2005 05/10/2014 Common Stock 15,000 32.26 D
Nonqualified Stock Option (right to buy) 04/01/2005(7) 04/01/2015 Common Stock 10,765 50.09 D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 04/01/2005(8) 04/01/2015 Common Stock 4,235 50.09 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Date indicated is date of grant. The option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant.
2. Date indicated is date of grant. The option vests over four years, as follows: 233 shares vest on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and 1,250 shares vest on each of the third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant.
3. Date indicated is date of grant. 1,250 shares vest on each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant.
4. Date indicated is date of grant. 4,375 shares vest on each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant.
5. Date indicated is date of grant. The option vests over four years, as follows: 566 shares vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant; 1,152 shares vest on the second anniversary of the date of grant; 1,746 shares vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant and 3,850 shares vest on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant.
6. Date indicated is date of grant. 1,919 shares vest on the second anniversary of the date of grant and 2,104 shares vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant.
7. Date indicated is date of grant. The option vests over four years, as follows: 3,750 shares vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant; 3,507 shares vest on the second anniversary of the date of grant and 1,754 shares vest on each of the third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant.
8. Date indicated is date of grant. 243 shares vest on the second anniversary of the date of grant and 1,996 shares vest on each of the third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant.
Delia J. Makhlouta, by power of attorney 10/30/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Delia J. Makhlouta, James C.
Burrows, Wayne D. Mackie and James M. Wells, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as a director or officer of CRA
International, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of October, 2006.


Gregory K. Bell					s/Gregory K. Bell
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