Perl keeping Chimes ringing

Terry Allen Perl is a businessman with a big heart.

The president and chief executive officer of Baltimore-based Chimes, a nonprofit group dedicated to providing services, support and employment for people with disabilities, Perl has grown the organization by applying solid business practices. He started with the nonprofit as its director of adult and residential programs in 1971, became head of the group in 1973 and today supervises 11 arms underneath the Chimes umbrella.