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Past Chair

Chris Lloyd

Senior Vice President and Director, Infrastructure and Economic Development

McGuireWoods Consulting, LLC
Richmond, VA

Chris leads McGuireWoods Consulting’s Infrastructure and Economic Development team where he represents clients nationwide in their site selection and incentives negotiation efforts. The firmis part of a full-service public affairs company with significant state and federal lobbying to help comprehensively address issues related to corporate real estate decisions. Chris specializes in helping clients at the intersection of economic development and public policy.  He is the architect of legislation that modernized several state economic development agencies and has drafted complex legislation creating new economic development incentive programs.  Chris also has been instrumental in the development of public private partnership statutes nationally, and he is a frequent speaker on economic development topics at conferences across the U.S.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS SERVED
North America
Industries
Data Centers Business Services and HQ Advanced Manufacturing
Food and Beverage Logistics, Warehouse and Distribution Paper
Forestry, Minerals, Metal Aerospace, Aeronautics and Aviation EV Supply Chain
Defense & National Security Financial Services Renewable & Clean Energy
PAST CLIENTS
AFLAC Amazon Web Services Booz Allen Hamilton
Capital One Continental AG Dairy Farmers of America
Davie Defense Google Gulfstream
Hilton Honda/HondaJet/Honda Aero Hydro
Ingersoll Rand/Trane International Paper Lidl
Lumber Liquidators Maersk/APM Terminals Perdue Farms
Performance Food Group Smithfield Foods Stack Infrastructure
Starbucks Universal Corp/Shanks Extracts
PERSONAL NOTE

Chris Lloyd is a native of Richmond, VA where he lives with his wife Megan and children Ryan and Meredith. Lloyd has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Government from the College of William and Mary. Lloyd is a founding member of McGuireWoods Consulting and has previously served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Trade for two Virginia governors.

INSIGHTS FROM CHRIS