Jessica Loria

Director of Donor Relations and Community Engagement

As the Director of Donor Relations and Community Engagement, Jess works across all areas of Development to engage Park’s alumni, grandparent, and parent of alumni communities in the life of the school. She focuses on communicating fundraising initiatives, working with volunteer solicitors and ambassadors for Park, and helping to coordinate programs and events.

Jess started her career as a teacher in inner-city Chicago. With several of her students in and out of the foster care system, she became interested in pursing law. After earning her law degree at the University of Maryland, she worked for seven years representing youth in Baltimore City’s foster care system through Children’s Legal Services of Baltimore LLC. While she loved her work, she felt drawn back to education as she felt supporting a child’s educational needs were most impactful.

Since her time working as an attorney, she’s worked in school alumni and advancement offices, mostly serving students of lower income/first-generation college demographics. She spent four years as the Associate Director of Graduate Support at St. Ignatius Loyola Academy in Baltimore managing their high school placement process for eighth graders and their families, along with creating alumni engagement opportunities and teaching a life skills class. She then spent two years as an Advancement Director within the Diocese of Sacramento school network. Most recently, she was the Career Development Program Manager at Students Rising Above, a college access/success non-profit in San Francisco, California. She established and stewarded relationships with corporate and employer partners that provided internships for numerous first-generation college students.

“I love talking to people and creating opportunities for authentic community building.”

Jess’s husband, Rommel Loria, was Park’s Director of Civic Engagement and Service Learning before their family moved to the West Coast in 2018. With a return to Baltimore scheduled for the summer, Jess and her family are enjoying a few more months exploring California. You can also find her cheering on her three kids at their various sports events, watching the latest episode of Survivor, Is it Cake?, or Extreme Makeover Home Edition, being a taste tester for her daughter’s latest round of cookies (she’s a big baker!), or training for an upcoming half marathon.

Jess holds a B.A. from Georgetown University with a double major in English and Theology and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law. She also holds an Alternative Teacher Certification in Elementary Education from Northwestern University.

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Jessica Loria
Director of Donor Relations and Community Engagement
At Park since 2025
Contact Info
E.jloria@parkschool.net
Education
Georgetown University B.A. in English and Theology
University of Maryland School of Law J.D.