Senator Dick Moore was born in Milford, and grew up in Hopedale graduating from Hopedale High School. 

He is a graduate of Clark University in Worcester and holds a Masters Degree from Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y. Prior to entering the Legislature, Senator Moore worked as Associate Dean of Students at Assumption College, Worcester and Assistant to the President of Bentley College, Waltham. He has taught at the college level and teaches part-time as an Assistant Professor in the Public Administration graduate program at Bridgewater State College.

First elected to public office in his hometown of Hopedale (1970-1978), Senator Moore was chosen to lead the Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association as President in 1975-76. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and served nine terms holding three different standing committee chairmanships during his tenure. 

In 1994, he was nominated by President Bill Clinton and confirmed by the U. S. Senate, as Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (now part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security) dealing with natural disasters and terrorism events. 

In 1996, he returned to Massachusetts to be elected Senator of the Worcester and Norfolk District, and currently serves as Senate Chair of the Legislature’s influential Committee on Health Care.

He is married to the former Joanne Bednarz of Uxbridge. Senator and Mrs. Moore reside in Uxbridge.