Gary M. Loftus is the past director of the Coastal Federal Center for Economic and Community Development.
The center is housed in Coastal Carolina University's E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration.
Loftus has been very involved in the highway and transportation needs of both Horry County and the State of South Carolina.
He has served as the First Congressional District Representative on the South Carolina Department of Transportation Commission.
Prior to that, he was an engineering systems design, sales, and service specialist for a leading manufacturer of industrial and aircraft hydraulic and pneumatic components for twelve years.