Richard A. Nugent directed the UUA Church Staff Finance group (CSF) from August 2008 until his retirement in December 2025. From 1997 to 2008, Rev. Nugent served as interim minister to seven congregations.

Richard was ordained to the UU ministry in April 1997. Richard earned a B.A. in Economics from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. and a Masters of Divinity degree from the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California. Before attending seminary, he spent 22 years working in public policy. He has worked as a staff assistant to two United States Senators (Senator Gaylord Nelson and Senator Joseph Biden) for eleven years (1972-1983); as a political/market research consultant (1983-1984); as Director of Government Affairs for the Epilepsy Foundation for seven years (1984-1991); as administrator of a health care project in Indonesia (1992-1993); and as a lobbyist for the Unitarian Universalist Association (1996-1997). Richard resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Eileen, and his son, Asa.