Christopher D. Lloyd

Senior Vice President and Director
Business Expansion Services

Chris Lloyd served for nearly five years in the Office of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade under Virginia Governors Allen and Wilder, including service as the Assistant Secretary for policy. In this position, he was responsible for legislative, budgetary, and regulatory coordination and development for the fifteen agencies within that Secretariat which oversees the state's economic development marketing, workforce training and business assistance programs.

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Chris leads the McGuireWoods Consulting business expansion team where he specializes in economic development incentives negotiations and contact with state and local agencies on behalf of the group's clients. Chris has also worked closely with clients on numerous public-private partnership projects for transportation and other infrastructure as well as playing a leading role in the development and passage of the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 (PPEA), and the overhaul of the Public-Private Transportation Act (PPTA). In this role, he has worked on some of the most significant economic development projects in the country in the past ten years. As a result of this work, Mr. Lloyd has become a frequent speaker on public private partnership policies and projects around the country.

Education

College of William and Mary, Bachelor of Arts, 1993 Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa

Community Involvement

Member, 2007 Model PPEA Guidelines Work Group
Member, 2006 Model PPEA Guidelines Work Group
Board of Directors, Oaks at Crossridge Homeowners Association, 2004-2005
Board of Directors, Richmond Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2003-Present
Virginia Road and Transportation Builders Association, Associate Member, 2001-Present
Co-Chair, The Fund for William and Mary, 10th Reunion Gift Committee, 2002-2003
Young Guarde Council of the Society of the Alumni of the College of William and Mary 1993-1998, Vice Chair, 1997
Virginia Economic Developers Association, 1999-Present, Legislative Chairman, 2000-2007, Board of Directors, 2002-2004
Advisory Committee on the Center of Innovative Technology to the Joint Commission on Technology and Science, 2002-2003
PPEA Ethical and Conflicts Working Group to the HJR 186 Subcommittee, 2005
Working Group on Revisions to the Model PPEA Guidelines, 2005-2007

Past Positions

Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Office of the Governor, 1996-1998
Special Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Office of the Governor, 1993-1996
Research Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 1992

Publications

PPEA/PPTA Bulletin

Practice Groups

Economic and Infrastructure Development
Economic Incentives Negotiation
Executive and Legislative Assistance
Government Contracts & State/Local Procurement
Local Government Relations
Public Private Partnerships
Regulatory Solutions

Service

State Government Relations
Business Expansion

Industries

Economic Development
Education
Energy
Information Technology & Telecom
Insurance and Financial
Land Use & Environmental
Manufacturing
Public Safety
Transportation

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