Chris Lloyd leads the McGuireWoods Consulting infrastructure and economic development team where he specializes in site selection and economic development incentives negotiations. Since 1998, Chris has worked on dozens of high profile, corporate expansions and relocations across the country.
Chris has also worked closely with clients on numerous public-private partnership projects for transportation and other infrastructure, and played a leading role in the development and passage of Virginia's public-private partnership laws, which have since become model legislation for use in other states.
Prior to joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Chris served for nearly five years in the Office of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade under Virginia Governors Allen and Wilder. In this position, he was responsible for legislative, budgetary, and regulatory coordination and development within that Secretariat which managed the state's economic development programs.
Chris graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1993. He lives in Richmond with his wife, Megan, and children.
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Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Economic Development Law, 2020, Woodward/White, Inc.
President's Award, Virginia Economic Developers Association, 2017
Member, Board of Directors, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 2019-present
Member, RVA-Hampton Roads Collaborative, 2019-present
Member, Virginia Early Childhood Foundation Advisors Council, 2019-present
Member, Transatlantic Business Investment Council Advisory Board, 2019-present
Member, Chamber RVA Richmond Marine Terminal Task Force, 2016-2017
Member, 1999-present; Legislative Chair, 2000-present; Board of Directors, 2002-2004, Virginia Economic Developers Association
Member, 2008-present; Vice President of Membership, 2012, National Council for Public Private Partnerships
Member, International Economic Development Council, 2008-present
Member, 2014-present; Chairman, Marketing Committee, 2015; Board Advisor, 2016, Site Selectors Guild
Member, 2015-present; Business Facilities LiveXchange Advisory Board
Member, Working Group on Revisions to the Model PPEA Guidelines, 2005-present
Member, Infrastructure Working Group, Attorney General's Regulatory Reform Commission, 2008-2009
Board of Directors, Richmond Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2003-2009
Co-Chair; 10th Reunion Gift Committee Member, 2002-2003; 15th Reunion Gift Committee Member, 2008; 20th Reunion Gift Committee Co-chair, 2012-2013, The Fund for William and Mary
Member, PPEA Ethical and Conflicts Working Group to the HJR 186 Subcommittee, 2005
Associate Member, Virginia Road and Transportation Builders Association, 2001-2005
Board of Directors, Oaks at Crossridge Homeowners Association, 2004-2005
Member, 1993-1998; Vice Chair, 1997, Young Guarde Council of the Society of the Alumni of the College of William and Mary
Member, Advisory Committee on the Center of Innovative Technology to the Joint Commission on Technology and Science, 2002-2003