The Board of Directors at Luna Innovations


Richard W. Roedel

Richard W. Roedel - Chairman

Mr. Roedel has served as chairman of Luna's Board of Directors since January 2010. He has served as a member of Luna's Board since September 2005 and is chairman of the Board's Nominating and Governance Committee and member of the Board's Compensation Committee. He currently serves as on the board of Directors at Brightpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL), IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), Sealy Corporation (NYSE: ZZ) and Lorillard Tobacco Company. Mr. Roedel is also a board member of the Association of Audit Committee Members, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to strengthening audit committees. He served on the board as chairman of the Audit Committee of Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: DADE), from October 2002 until November 2007, when Dade was acquired by Siemens AG. Mr. Roedel has served on the board in various capacities at Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) from April 2004 until June 2005, including chairman and chief executive officer. From 1971 through 2000, he was employed by BDO Seidman LLP, becoming an audit partner in 1980, later being promoted in 1990 to managing partner in Chicago and then managing partner in New York in 1994, and finally in 1999 to chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Roedel is a graduate of Ohio State University and a certified public accountant.

 
A picture of My Chung, President and Chief Executive Officer

My E. Chung

Mr. Chung joined the Luna team as president, chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors in April 2011. He is also a member of the Board’s Strategy Committee. He has served as an executive in both private and public companies in the communications industry. Mr. Chung has experience building strategic corporate direction and has a history of leading multifaceted organizations to profitability. He has a strong sales and marketing background, with an expertise in capitalizing on high potential commercial opportunities and bringing technologies to fruition. Before joining Luna, he served as the senior vice president of worldwide sales for Sunrise Telecom. Prior to joining Sunrise Telecom, Mr. Chung served as president and CEO of Circadiant Systems, Inc., where he was instrumental in the sale of Circadiant to JDS Uniphase Corporation. Mr. Chung also served as group president of Spirent Communications, where he developed and executed strategies that transformed Spirent into a market leader in the communication test and monitoring industry. Mr. Chung received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology.

jonathan Cool

Jonathan M. Cool

Jonathan Cool has been a member of Luna's Board of Directors since January 2010 and is chairman of the Board's Strategy Committee. He has previously served as Luna’s acting president and chief operating officer. Mr. Cool has been managing director at the Emerging Economies Health Care Fund and a Managing General Partner at Foundation Medical Partners, a venture fund affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic. He is also the co-founder of Flat World Productions and an advisor for Qliance, Inc. Prior to this, Mr. Cool gained operating experience as the CEO, president, COO, director or general manager at several early stage technology driven companies including device, diagnostic and biopharmaceutical companies such as Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (NASDQ: HGSI), Molecular Devices Corporation (NASDQ: MDCC), gene/Networks, Inc., and BioDTX, Inc. Mr. Cool has also served on the board of directors at several public and private companies including CardioNet, Inc. (NASDQ: BEAT), Immunicon Corp. (NASDQ: IMMC)  and iCache, Inc. He earned a bachelor's degree with distinction and honors in human biology at Stanford University and a master’s degree in business administration at Harvard University.

 
waner Dalhouse

Warner N. Dalhouse

Warner Dalhouse has served as a member of Luna's Board of Directors since January 2010 and is chairman of the Board's Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating & Governance Committee. He is retired chairman of the board of Dominion Bankshares Corporation. Mr. Dalhouse was formerly chairman and chief executive officer of First Union National Bank of Virginia. He currently serves as director of Carilion Clinic, the Taubman Museum of Art and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. Mr. Dalhouse is former director of Roanoke College, the University of Virginia and Mary Washington College. He received a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Virginia and attended the Rutgers University Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

 
Edward G. Murphy, M.D.

Edward G. Murphy, M.D.

Dr. Murphy has served as a member of Luna's Board of Directors since September 2005 and is a member of the Board's Strategy Committee and he is a member of the Audit Committee. Dr. Murphy currently works for TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P., a New York and London-based investment firm, as well as serving as chairman of the board of Sound Physicians. Previously, Dr. Murphy served as president and chief executive officer of Carilion Health System.  He holds a bachelor's degree in biology with a concentration in chemistry from the State University of New York at Albany, and a doctorate from Harvard Medical School.

 
Dr. Kent Murphy

Kent A. Murphy, Ph.D.

Dr. Murphy is the founder of Luna Innovations Incorporated and currently serves as the Board's Vice Chairman and member of the strategy committee. He was responsible for building three Luna subsidiaries that were sold to a Fortune 300 company, a multi-billion dollar European firm and a billion dollar biotech company. He was also the CEO at the time of Luna’s initial public offering. Dr. Murphy was a founding member and co-chairman of the Virginia Research & Technology Advisory Commission (VRTAC) and co-chairman of the Productivity Advisory Committee. He has a portfolio of more than 35 patents in the areas of telecommunications, sensing for oil and gas and aerospace, diagnostics for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech, where he became a tenured professor.

 
John Williamson

John B. Williamson, III

John Williamson, III has served as a member of Luna's Board of Directors since January 2010 and is chairman of the Board's Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating & Governance Committee. He is chairman and chief executive officer of RGC Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGCO), a $100 million energy distribution and services holding company. Mr. Williamson is a member of the board of directors of Botetourt Bankshares, Inc. and Optical Cable Corporation, and was formerly a board member of NTELOS, Inc. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and management from Virginia Commonwealth University and a master's in business administration from the College of William and Mary.

 
Michael Wise

Michael W. Wise

Michael Wise has been a member of Luna’s Board of Directors since May 2011 and is a member of the Board’s Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. He currently serves as the chief financial officer of Corvesta, Inc., an insurance and technology holding company, and chief financial officer of its subsidiary, Delta Dental of Virginia.  Additionally, Wise serves on the board of directors and as treasurer of multiple other Corvesta portfolio companies.  He previously owned and managed several small businesses, and continues to serve on numerous boards of directors of local non-profit organizations.  He received a bachelor’s degree in business majoring in accounting from West Virginia University.