SP Plus Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has elected Karen M. Garrison to the position of non-executive Chairman of the Board, effective January 1, 2017. James A. Wilhelm, who retired as the Company's Chief Executive Officer on December 31, 2014 after nearly thirty years with the organization, transitioned into the non-executive Chairman role effective January 1, 2015. His planned two-year tenure as the non-executive Chairman of the Board will conclude on December 31, 2016, but he will remain a director. Ms. Garrison has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since the Company's initial public offering in June 2004, and currently serves as Chairman of the Company's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, a member of its Audit, Compensation and Executive Committees, and Lead Independent Director, a position that will be eliminated when she assumes the role of Chairman. A former president of Pitney Bowes Business Services, Ms. Garrison currently also serves as Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Finance Committee of The Kaman Corporation. She is a director of Tenet Healthcare Corporation and is a member of Tenet's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; and Quality, Compliance & Ethics Committee. In addition, Ms. Garrison is Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Unger Enterprises Inc. and a member of its Finance Committee.