Richard Palmer Moe (born November 27, 1936) is an American attorney and historic preservation advocate who served as chief of staff to the vice president from 1977 to 1981.

Richard Moe served as an administrative assistant to Minneapolis Mayor Arthur Naftalin from 1961 to 1962 and the Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Sandy Keith from 1963 to 1967.

[3] Moe led the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1993 to 2009, and succeeded at expanding its budget despite funding reductions from Congress.

[4] Moe also guided the trust in its major effort to preserve historic structures and sites in New Orleans, Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

In 2007, Moe was awarded the Vincent Scully Prize by the National Building Museum in recognition of his contributions to the built environment.