About CSM

College of Southern Maryland Board of Trustees

James K. Raley Jr.
 

James K. Raley, Jr. was appointed to the college’s Board of Trustees in September 2000. He filled on of the four new seats added to the board after the college transitioned to SCM. He was elected as chair in June 2007.

Raley earned an associate’s degree from CSM, a bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and master’s degree in management from the University of Maryland University College.

Raley is self-employed in a family farming operation and is an experienced professional manager. At the St. Mary’s County Office of the Sheriff he served four years as the chief executive officer and for seven years as a shift commander. He serves in a number of civic organizations, including as past president of the optimist Club of Hollywood, as a board member and Chairman of a local Southern States Cooperative Advisory Board, in the Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad, and as a member of the Masons.