Larry J. Puglia, CFA, CPA

Larry Puglia is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. He is also a portfolio manager in the Equity Division. Larry is president of the Blue Chip Growth Fund and chairman of the fund's Investment Advisory Committee. He is also a vice president and an Investment Advisory Committee member of the Personal Strategy Funds and Growth Stock Fund. In addition, he is an Investment Advisory Committee member of the Tax-Efficient Balanced Fund and Tax-Efficient Growth Fund. Prior to joining the firm in 1990, Larry was a Senior Manager with Peat Marwick Main & Co. specializing in banking. He earned a B.B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia where he was a Shermet Scholar with highest honors. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Public Accountant accreditations.