Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) reported that its Board of Directors has elected David R. Lord to the position of Board Chairman, effective January 1. Lord has been a member of the Craft Brew Alliance Board of Directors since its inception in 2008 and has been involved with the company since 2003, having previously served on the Redhook Brewery Board of Directors from 2003 until 2008. He will succeed Kurt R. Widmer, who is retiring as Chairman at the end of 2015. Lord served as the President of Pioneer News Group from 1991 until 2009, when he assumed the role of Vice Chairman, a position he held until December 2012.

He currently serves on the boards of the Pioneer News Group and Wick Communications.