Richard C. Lord

Biography

Richard C. Lord is President and Chief Executive Officer of Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM). AIM is an employer service organization of more than 6,500 member companies. Mr. Lord joined AIM in 1991 and served as Executive Vice President for Legislative Policy where he was responsible for AIM’s public policy analysis and legislative efforts on health care, economic development, taxation, worker’s compensation and other areas of special interest to employers in the Commonwealth.

Prior to joining AIM, Mr. Lord served as Chief of Staff for the Committee on Ways and Means of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The Committee is responsible for all legislation involving state funds and revenues, including the Commonwealth's annual budget and all tax related matters. Mr. Lord was employed by the Committee for six years, serving as the Budget Director before being promoted to the Chief of Staff position.

Before entering public service, Mr. Lord also worked in financial positions at General Electric Company and McCormack and Dodge, a Massachusetts-based software company. He is a native of North Adams, Massachusetts and a 1977 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Williams College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Psychology.

Mr. Lord is a member of several boards, including Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, the Massachusetts Hospital Association, the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, the Early Education for All Advisory Committee, The Children’s Trust Fund, The New England Center for Children, A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Company, Inc. and the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health. He also chairs the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute and the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund Advisory Panel. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority.

Mr. Lord resides in Peabody, Massachusetts.