Please join me in welcoming Debbie Meck-Loughran as a new Assistant Director of Major Gifts for the Los Angeles and Orange County area.  Debbie brings to Notre Dame several years of fundraising and donor relations experience.  She served as the Development Coordinator at Rosary High School in Fullerton, California. Leading up to her position at Rosary High School, Debbie spent eight years in education in the Diocese of Orange and independent private schools with a focus on early childhood development. She was the President of the Notre Dame Club of Orange Country from 2000 – 2002. She continues to be active in several charities and organizations, including Mustard Seed International and National Charity League.

Debbie graduated with a Bachelor of the Arts in Government from the University of Notre Dame in 1991. A native and current resident, Debbie resides in Orange County, California with her husband and four children. Her husband Terry Loughran (Notre Dame Class of ’91, Alumni Hall) is Director-Senior Portfolio Manager with City National Bank in Beverly Hills. Three of their children, Kit (’16), Ryan (’17) and Kelly (’18) currently attend the University of Notre Dame. Their son Andy is in the fifth grade.

Stu Fortener, Senior Regional Director – West Region