Loretta Jean Fuddy (April 12, 1948 – December 11, 2013) was an American health official and social worker from the U.S. state of Hawaii.

Fuddy served simultaneously as the Director of the Hawaii Department of Health and the Mayor of Kalawao County from 2011 until her death.

[5] Fuddy also is remembered as the Director of the Hawaii Department of Health who in 2011 was responsible for approving the release of a copy of President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate.

Her plane, a Makani Kai Cessna Caravan 208B, crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the north coast of Molokai shortly after takeoff from Kalaupapa Airport at approximately 3:30 p.m.[1][2][4] Fuddy, who was 65 years old, eventually died from heart failure while she and the others awaited rescue.

[1] The eight other people on the plane, who included Deputy Health Director Keith Yamamoto, Kalaupapa National Park administrator Rosa Key, and the Makani Kai pilot, survived the crash and were rescued.