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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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)
November 1, 2009
 
AMBASSADORS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
         
Delaware
 
No. 0-33347
 
91-1957010
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
     
Dwight D. Eisenhower Building, 2001 South Flint Road, Spokane, WA
 
99224
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(509) 568-7800
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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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.
 

 
On November 1, 2009, and effective that date, Chadwick J. Byrd resigned as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of Ambassadors Group, Inc. (the “Company”).
 
On November 1, 2009, and effective that date, the Company appointed Kristi Gravelle to serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and the principal accounting officer of the Company.

Ms. Gravelle, age 42, has been Controller of the Company since September, 2007.  For the four year period prior thereto, Ms. Gravelle was an independent financial consultant in Denver, Colorado to publicly held corporations.
 
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the termination of Mr. Byrd and the appointment of Ms. Gravelle is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1:  Press Release, dated November 1, 2009.


 

 
   

 
 

 


 

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.
 
         
   
AMBASSADORS GROUP, INC.
     
Date: November 2, 2009
 
By:
 
 /s/ Jeffrey D. Thomas
 
 
       
Jeffrey D. Thomas
Chief Executive Officer