Larry J. Puglia is a portfolio manager in the U.S. Equity Division of T. Rowe Price. He is president of the Investment Advisory Committee of the US Large-Cap Core Growth Equity Strategy.

He has been managing the US Large-Cap Core Growth Equity Strategy since 1993 and has had lead responsibility for all institutional accounts and other investment products within the strategy since 1997. Mr. Puglia is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Mr. Puglia has 30 years of investment experience, 29 of which have been with T. Rowe Price. He joined the firm in 1990 as an investment analyst specializing in financial services stocks. His coverage included banking, consumer finance, brokerage, investment management, and diversified financial companies.

Mr. Puglia also served as an investment analyst covering the pharmaceutical industry. He began his career at Peat Marwick Main & Co. in 1982, ultimately serving as a senior manager.

Mr. Puglia earned a B.B.A., summa cum laude, in accounting from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, where he was named a Shermet Scholar.

He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a certified public accountant.