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Cailey Locklair

PRESIDENT

Cailey Locklair is the President of the Maryland Retailers Alliance, Maryland Chain Drug Store Association and Maryland Food Industry Council, and has worked and advocated in Maryland State and local politics for almost twenty years. She attended the University of Delaware where she received her Bachelor of Arts in political science and Towson University where she received her Master of Science degree in integrated homeland security management with a focus on security policy. She also holds a Certificate of Security Assessment and Management from Towson University and attended the United States Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Organizational Management at Villanova. Previously, she worked at the Baltimore Jewish Council as their Deputy Executive Director and was the Assistant House Administrator for the Maryland House of Delegates. In 2014, she was chosen by The Seventh State as an "Annapolis Top Five Young Gun,” 2019 by the Daily Record as a "Successful by 40 VIP,” 2024 by the Daily Record on their Lobbying and Government Affairs Power List and received the national J. Thomas Weyant award by the National Retail Federation. Cailey is a member of the State’s Unemployment Insurance Legislative Oversight Committee, is a past Chair of the national Council of State Retailer Associations, Leadership Maryland Class of 2024, sits on the board of Goodwill of the Chesapeake and is on the Executive Directors Council to the Maryland Tourism Development Board. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering with animal organizations, boating, playing softball and is a proud "sponsor" of Naval Academy midshipmen. She resides in Annapolis, MD.