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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001239819-24-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001239819"
company_name: "LUNA INNOVATIONS INC"
filed_at: "2024-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T19:32:59.411010+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Luna Innovations' Interim Executive Chairman and President Richard Roedel resigns; Barry Phelps appointed Chair

## Summary
- Richard Roedel resigned as Interim Executive Chairman, Interim President, and Board member on July 12, 2024 for personal health reasons.
- Roedel's resignation not due to any disagreement with the company; no severance or benefits payable.
- Warren B. (Barry) Phelps III appointed non-executive Chair of the Board on July 16, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001239819-24-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001239819
- company_name: LUNA INNOVATIONS INC
- filed_at: 2024-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1239819/000123981924000087/0001239819-24-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1239819/000123981924000087/luna-20240718.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001239819-24-000087
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001239819-24-000087.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001239819-24-000087.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Warren B. (Barry) Phelps III was appointed as non-executive Chair of the Board at LUNA INNOVATIONS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: non-executive Chair of the Board
  source text: On July 16, 2024, Warren B. (Barry) Phelps III was appointed non-executive Chair of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1239819/000123981924000087/0001239819-24-000087-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Roedel resigned as Interim Executive Chairman at LUNA INNOVATIONS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Interim Executive Chairman
  source text: On July 12, 2024, Richard Roedel, the Interim Executive Chairman, Interim President and member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Luna Innovations Incorporated (the “Company”), notified the Company of his resignation, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1239819/000123981924000087/0001239819-24-000087-index.htm

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