Lon Povich

Lon Povich is Of Counsel at the Boston law firm of Anderson& Krieger in Boston. Until March of 2015, Lon served as Chief Legal Counsel to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and was responsible for the broad range of legal matters that came before the Governor and his senior team, including over 130 judicial appointments. Prior to joining the Baker administration in January 2015, Lon had a very diverse career in and out of the public sector. Immediately prior to the Governor’s Office he was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. for seven years. Lon joined BJ’s after serving for 11 years as General Counsel at Boston Consulting Group, a global strategy firm. Earlier in his career Lon worked as a litigation associate at Goodwin Procter in Boston; as an Assistant United States Attorney, in the Economic Crimes Division of the Boston United States Attorney’s Office; and as Deputy Chief Legal Counsel to Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld. Lon has also been active in the community. In addition to the Board at UTEC, Lon currently serves on the Boards of MassInc. (a non-partisan political think tank) and the Jewish Community Relations Counsel, as well as on the Massachusetts Court Management Advisory Board. From 1996 to 2004, he was a director of MassHousing (Massachusetts’ low income housing finance agency); and from 2005 until 2010 he served on the Governor’s Judicial Nominating Commission. Lon has also sat on the Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Food Bank (where he was treasurer), served on the Board of Greater Boston Legal Services, and as an elected member of the Council of the Boston Bar Association, and has been involved in a number of local organizations in Wellesley, MA. Lon is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School.