{"id":232152,"date":"2026-06-30T20:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232152\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:58:11","slug":"friends-of-the-poor-catherine-mcauley-center-announce-leadership-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232152\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of the Poor, Catherine McAuley Center announce leadership transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Friends of the Poor and Catherine McAuley Center (FOTP\/CMC) Board of Directors announced that President and CEO Meghan Loftus decided to leave the agency this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Loftus served the legacy agency, Friends of the Poor, and the combined FOTP\/CMC communities for nine years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeghan has made a lasting impact through her leadership, dedication, and unwavering commitment to our mission and the individuals and families we serve,\u201d the board said in a press release. \u201cMeghan\u2019s contributions have strengthened our organization, expanded our reach, and positively impacted countless lives throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All FOTP\/CMC programs and services will continue without interruption while the organization searches for its next leader, according to the announcement. The FOTP\/CMC will continue to work to alleviate the impacts of poverty while fostering human dignity and self-sufficiency throughout Northeast Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The Friends of the Poor and Catherine McAuley Center (FOTP\/CMC) Board of Directors announced that President and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-232152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}