Charles S. Luck IV, Luck Companies president-CEO, to be C-Suite Conversation interview guest March 22 at Robins School of Business

Charles S. Luck IV, president and chief executive officer of Luck Companies, will be the guest at a C-Suite Conversation March 22 at University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business.

C-Suite Conversations are unscripted interviews with business decision makers in central Virginia. The series highlights challenges and opportunities of high-level executives and provides insight about balancing leadership obligations with the needs of stakeholders.

Richard Coughlan, Robins School senior associate dean, will interview Luck about leadership, decision making, strategy and other areas that contribute to an organization’s success.

The hour-long program will be held at Queally Hall, Ukrop Auditorium, at 8 a.m., following a networking breakfast at 7:30 a.m. The event is free and open to the public, but online registration is required at robins.richmond.edu/speaker-series/c-suite-conversations.html.

Luck is the third-generation family member to lead the 88-year-old privately held and family-owned organization. He focuses on developing the company’s future vision and heads the strategic leadership team as it guides transformation of the company into a global, values-based organization. Luck collaborates with company leaders to build the people, culture, strategy and direction of the company consistent with the mission of “positively impacting the lives of others through values-based leadership.”

Luck began his career with the company in 1980 as a summer trainee and became president and CEO in 1999. He is a 1983 graduate of Virginia Military Institute, where he majored in civil engineering. Luck is an active member of several professional and trade associations and a philanthropist in the greater Richmond area.

The final speaker in this year’s series will be Gail Letts, president and CEO, Central Virginia Region, of SunTrust Bank, May 16.