On January 27, 2016, the Board of Directors of Spartan Motors Inc. increased the membership of the current Board to nine members and appointed James A. Sharman to the Board. Mr. Sharman will serve as a member of the Audit Committee. Since 2014 Mr. Sharman has served as Chief Operating Officer of Coyote Logistics, a privately held freight broker and logistics services provider.

From 2006 through 2014 Mr. Sharman served as Managing Partner of Truecast Capital, LLC.