Daniel H. Raley is serving his third four-year term as a member of the St. Mary’s County Board of Commissioners.  He and his wife of 36 years, Ann Jarboe Raley, have two children and three grandchildren and reside in Great Mills, Maryland.   

Mr. Raley is retired after 25 years as co-owner of Raley’s Town and Country Market, Inc., a 70-year-old family grocery business located in Ridge, Maryland.  The grocery continues, under new management, to be a successful seven-day-a-week operation employing approximately 35 employees. 

Mr. Raley graduated from Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland in 1971.  As a result of his ROTC college commitment, he served in the United States Army as a military police officer and received the Army Commendation Medal in addition to other awards.  Mr. Raley is a past Chair and member of the St. Mary’s County Board of Zoning Appeals, and has also held memberships with the St. Mary’s County Solid Waste Committee; the St. Mary’s County Efficiency Task Force; and the St. Mary’s County Youth Commission, where he served as Executive Secretary.  His community involvement includes the Knights of Columbus, Third Degree; the Lexington Park Lions Club; and the American Legion Post 255 in Ridge, Maryland.  His current term as Commissioner expires November 2010.