LEWISTON — The president of Hancock Lumber Co. in Casco will be the guest speaker at the L-A Senior College Food for Thought luncheon at noon Friday, March 8.

He will share how a neurological disorder affecting his larynx changed his management style and his approach to life.

The free, public program will be held in room 170 at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College, 51 Westminster St.

Hancock graduated from Bowdoin College with a degree in American history and taught and coached basketball at a postgraduate prep school. When his father became ill in 1991, Hancock went to work at one of the company’s stores.

When his father died in 1997, Kevin, then 32, became the company president.

Hancock is past chairman of the National Lumber and Building Materials Association and the Bridgton Academy board of trustees. He is a recipient of the Ed Muskie Access to Justice Award and Habitat for Humanity’s Spirit of Humanity Award.

In 2012, Hancock read about the severe housing shortage at Pine Ridge, an Oglala Lakota Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. His historical interest led him to visit often and he became a passionate student of the economic and social challenges faced by the Pine Ridge residents.

Hancock will discuss his book, “Not for Sale: Finding Center in the Land of Crazy Horse,” which is based on these experiences.

For those who wish to have lunch, the cost is $8 and a reservation is required before noon Wednesday, March 6. Food may also be purchased at the campus cafe.