Term: July 1, 2021—June 30, 2025

• Vice-Chair, Investment Committee
• Member, Corporate Governance and Securities Litigation Committee

James P. Daly, Jr., is a gubernatorial appointee to the Board.

Mr. Daly has been an active investor in Maryland based startup businesses and real estate for over 10 years. He also serves as Principal, Beckett Properties, LLC., a Maryland-based industrial real estate operating business.  

A resident of Gibson Island, Mr. Daly is the recent past President of Gibson Island Corporation where he oversaw governance for island operations, employees, and managers. In this volunteer position, Mr. Daly served as Chair of the Board of Directors with responsibility for island finances, land use, legal matters, facilities and resource management, safety and environmental issues, and operating policies.

During his business career, Mr. Daly served 17 years as Managing Director and Director of Marketing at Legg Mason Capital Management in Baltimore where he led the firm’s institutional marketing, sales and client service efforts. Mr. Daly managed several of the firm’s largest public, corporate and sovereign wealth fund client relationships and worked directly with corporation boards, fund trustees, senior investment staff and consulting firms.  He also served as the firm’s Senior Delegate to Institutional Investor Institute.

Mr. Daly began his investment career in 1980 at Alex. Brown & Sons where he launched a new investment management group serving individual and institutional investors. During the course of his 14 years at the firm, he earned the title of Principal. 

Mr. Daly also served for over 5 years as Chair of the Advisory Board for Loyola University Maryland College of Arts and Sciences, completing his term in December, 2020. 

In prior public service before joining SRPS Board of Trustees, Mr. Daly also served one full term and one partial term ending in 2021 as: Member, Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, appointed by the Governor.

Mr. Daly holds a BA degree from Loyola University Maryland.