Katelyn Ashton-Noordmans

Executive Director

Serving medically fragile children —and the families who fight for them—with care, advocacy, and heart.

A Career In Caring For Our Community

Katelyn Ashton (Noordmans) is the Executive Director and owner of Loretta’s Little Miracles, where she leads one of the few Pediatric Day Health Care programs in California providing skilled nursing care to medically fragile children and young adults.

Her work lives at the intersection of healthcare, policy, and real life—where families don’t have the luxury of waiting for systems to catch up. Katelyn runs day-to-day operations, clinical services, and strategic growth across multiple sites, including the successful development and implementation of a Transitional Care Unit (TCU) model to support patients aging out of pediatric care.

For Katelyn, this work has never been just a career—it is a calling of her heart.

“Injury, illness, and medical conditions are not biased by race, religion, or economic status—nor by the way they impact the lives of patients and their families. I feel called to advocate, connect people to healthcare resources, and serve the many incredible families in our community.”

Katelyn began her career in healthcare at Valley Children’s Hospital, where she led major fundraising initiatives including Kids Day, Radiothon, Harvest Ball, and Children’s Miracle Network campaigns—helping bridge the gap where insurance falls short for vulnerable children.

She continued her work at Community Medical Centers Foundation, where she helped secure multimillion-dollar gifts to advance critical healthcare initiatives, including the expansion of the neuroscience program, development of high-tech operating rooms, bed towers, a new cancer center, and life-saving NICU equipment.

Recognizing the region’s growing physician shortage, Katelyn later joined California Health Sciences University, where she focused on raising scholarship funding to recruit and retain healthcare providers for the Central Valley.

In 2018, Katelyn transitioned into direct, hands-on care at Loretta’s Little Miracles, working alongside her family to serve medically fragile children in a community-based setting.

But her role doesn’t stop at operations.

Katelyn is a recognized advocate at the state level, working alongside families, legislators, and agencies such as DHCS and DDS to improve access to sustainable, community-based care. She actively advocates for resources and works to identify and expand supports for medically fragile individuals across California. Her work focuses on addressing gaps in Medi-Cal reimbursement, helping bridge gaps with Regional Centers to ensure equitable access to care and resources, and protecting access to skilled nursing services that allow medically complex individuals to remain in their homes and communities.

Through both her leadership and advocacy, Katelyn is committed to building innovative care models that support not only patients, but the families who fight for them every day. She is continually inspired by the extraordinary resilience of the children and families she serves—fueling her commitment to serve with purpose and lead with intention.

Her leadership is grounded in one core belief: medically fragile children and young adults deserve more than survival—they deserve access, dignity, and the opportunity to live joyful lives within their communities.

At Loretta’s Little Miracles, that belief drives everything.