Chrissy Lynch

Chrissy Lynch was unanimously elected as President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO in October 2023 after previously serving as the Secretary-Treasurer and Chief of Staff of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, and after spending 15 years running the political and legislative departments of the MA AFL-CIO. 

In addition to President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, Chrissy wears many hats. She is President of the Northeast Council of the AFL-CIO, Co-Chair of the National AFL-CIO’s State Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, Chair of Massachusetts Girls In Trades, Chair of Climate Jobs Massachusetts, and on the Boards of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, MassHire/Massachusetts Department of Career Services, and more. 

Chrissy also spent time as Director of Operations for the Greater Boston Building Trades Unions. Before working for organized labor in Massachusetts, she worked on union-led electoral campaigns in California, and jobs in Massachusetts that had yet to be organized, including as a Personal Care Attendant, waiter, and barista.

Chrissy is a member of LiUNA Local 22 and former member and steward of OPEIU Local 6. She is a graduate of the Harvard Trade Union Program in the Harvard Labor and Worklife Center at Harvard Law School, has a Master’s Degree in Labor Studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Suffolk University, and an Associate’s Degree from Massasoit Community College. She lives in Quincy with her husband, 2 children and dogs.