About

Leonard Raley is president and CEO of the University System of Maryland Foundation, Inc. (USMF) and vice chancellor for advancement for the University System of Maryland (USM), where he has served since 2005. He is responsible for the oversight and investment of more than $2.4 billion in assets under management on behalf of 11 institutions within the USM and five Maryland community college foundations, and for providing leadership in support of USM’s fundraising efforts. Working with a board of 44 members, Raley has helped guide the USMF to engage in best governing practices for nonprofit institutionally related foundations, and the foundation was the recipient of Institutional Investor’s Good Governance Award in 2015. Prior to the USM, Raley served as executive director of the Ohio University Foundation and vice president for university advancement at Ohio University, and before that worked in institutional advancement at the University of Maryland College Park. He is an experienced foundation executive with 45 years of demonstrated history working in public higher education. He is skilled in institutionally related foundations, private philanthropy, capital campaigns, board assessment, strategic planning, and higher education leadership.

Professional Credentials

Raley earned his BS degree from Towson University and his MBA from the University of Baltimore. He is past vice chair and treasurer for the State of Maryland’s Marketing Partnership Board of Directors, past chair of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s National Committee on Institutionally Related Foundations, past board chair of the Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber, and past board chair of St. Mary’s Ryken High School, an independent school in Maryland.