---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001239819-24-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001239819"
company_name: "LUNA INNOVATIONS INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T08:21:21.216838+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Luna Innovations CEO Scott Graeff retires; Chairman Richard Roedel named interim President and CEO

## Summary
- Scott Graeff retired as President/CEO and board member effective March 24, 2024 after 21 years.
- Richard Roedel, Chairman since 2010, appointed Interim Executive Chairman and Interim President.
- Board reduced to seven members; Mary Beth Vitale named lead independent director.
- Board established Operations Committee (Chanley, Phelps, Spiegel) for oversight during transition.
- Roedel receives $37k annual salary plus 154,639 RSUs vesting over 12 months; Graeff gets 9 months salary, COBRA, and 10,000 RSU vesting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001239819-24-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001239819
- company_name: LUNA INNOVATIONS INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1239819/000123981924000035/0001239819-24-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1239819/000123981924000035/luna-20240324.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001239819-24-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Graeff retired as President and Chief Executive Officer and Director at LUNA INNOVATIONS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
  source text: On March 24, 2024, Scott Graeff retired as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1239819/000123981924000035/0001239819-24-000035-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Roedel was appointed as Interim Executive Chairman and Interim President at LUNA INNOVATIONS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Executive Chairman and Interim President
  source text: On March 24, 2024, Richard Roedel, the Chairman of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Luna Innovations Incorporated (the "Company"), was appointed Interim Executive Chairman and Interim President, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1239819/000123981924000035/0001239819-24-000035-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.