Marian Loftin, BS, MA
Director
State of Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
PO Box 4251
Montgomery, AL 36103 |
Alabama
Marian Loftin, a tireless advocate devoted to preventing child abuse
and neglect, holds the position of Executive Director of the State of
Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, which
oversees the Children‘s Trust Fund of Alabama. Long active in child
and family advocacy, she served on the founding boards of the Alfred
Saliba Family Service Center of Dothan, the Southeast Alabama Child
Advocacy Center, and as a member of Governor Bob Riley‘s Task Force
for Strengthening Alabama Families. Ms. Loftin, a strong and skillful
leader with a gentle touch and loving heart, has contributed years of
community service and notably at the forefront of proponents of family
safety.
Ms. Loftin‘s professional background includes 17 years as an elementary
school teacher, as a worker in government relations for the
University of Alabama, and as Director of the Dothan Area Chamber
of Commerce. Additional board memberships include VOICES for
Alabama‘s Children, the Alabama Partnership for Children; the A+
Education Foundation; the Children First Foundation; the Houston
County Juvenile Court Services; and the National Alliance of Children‘s
Trust and Prevention Funds. The first woman inducted into the Dothan-
Houston County Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow, Ms. Loftin
also has been involved in her State and community as Chair of the
Wiregrass United Way and the Alabama affiliate of the American Heart
Association and as a member of the Alabama Citizens for Constitution
Reform Board and the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation Board.
In honor of her civic involvement, Marian Loftin was named Olympic
Torchbearer in 1996 and selected for Leadership Alabama in 2002. |
