Rachel Loughran leads a team of 9 at Boston University to develop and implement engagement strategies for the University’s generous donors.  Their responsibilities include gift agreements, acknowledgements, donor recognition, fund management and reporting, and individual stewardship strategies. Finding creative ways to demonstrate to donors the direct impact of their philanthropy is what she finds most exciting about the field of donor relations. 

Loughran has more than 25 years of experience working in philanthropy with professional and volunteer roles including prospect management and solicitation, events management, and volunteer engagement. She has experience in both small and large shops having spent many years at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, the Alzheimer’s Association, and Harvard University.  Loughran consults with small non-profits on project management. When not working, Loughran can be found hiking the White Mountains of New Hampshire working towards summiting all 48 four-thousand footers.