Our Team
JRC Staff
Fr. Chi Ngo, S.J.
Executive Director
Fr. Chi joined the Jesuits in 1989 and was ordained in 2000. After receiving training at The Guelph Centre of Spirituality in Ontario, Canada, he was missioned to the Loyola Institute of Spirituality in Orange after Ordination, where he founded the 3-year Ignatian spiritual formation program. He is an experienced spiritual director and has trained others in spiritual direction and the Spiritual Exercises. Prior to coming to the Jesuit Retreat Center in 2013, he served as the Formation Director for the former California Province.
Fr. John Auther, S.J.
Pastoral Staff & Superior of the Jesuit Community
Fr. John is a Jesuit for over 40 years and a priest for 30 years. He has worked as a high school campus minister, an associate pastor and pastor, most recently at the Jesuit parish in San Diego. In his pastoral ministry he has devoted a good deal of time to Spanish-speaking work, detention facilities and retreats. Believing that powerful things from God happen on retreats that don't happen at other times, he has always viewed retreat ministry as a wonderful way to serve the Lord. He joined the pastoral staff in 2020.
Sr. Ingrid Clemmensen, O.P.
Pastoral Staff
Sr. Ingrid is a native of San Francisco and joined the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose in 1972. She has been engaged in spiritual direction ministry for more than 30 years. Her training includes the Spiritual Direction program at Mercy Center, Burlingame; MA in Christian Spirituality from Creighton U., and the Pierre Favre program in the Spiritual Exercises from JRC. Her previous ministry experiences include teaching and college campus ministry.
Fr. Kevin Leidich, S.J.
Pastoral Staff
A native of San Francisco, Fr. Kevin was ordained in 1982, after earning an MDiv at Weston Jesuit School of Theology and an MRE at Catholic University. An experienced director of eight-day retreats, he also participated on the direction team of five 36-day retreat programs at Los Altos during the 1990’s. While teaching high school theology has been his principal ministry from 1983 to 2014 in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento, he has also regularly conducted programs for adults on The Spiritual Exercises at both Loyola High in Los Angeles and Jesuit High in Sacramento. Kevin also worked for ten years as co-director of the California Province two-summer Tertianship program for Jesuit priests and brothers who are preparing to pronounce final vows. He has been a member of the JRC pastoral staff since August 2014.
Fr. Chanh Nguyen, S.J.
Pastoral Staff & Director of Facilities
Fr. Chanh is a Jesuit for over 30 years. He has worked as an assistant to the novice director, a vocation promoter, a high school counselor and a family therapist. He earned a Master degree of Social Work from UC Berkeley and is a License Clinical Social Worker in the State of California. While carried out these other tasks, he conducted many 8-days silent retreats over the years and has served as a spiritual director for many people. He joined the team in 2023.
Fr. Jim Voiss, S.J.​
Pastoral Staff
Fr. Jim Voiss, S.J., joined the pastoral staff in 2024. A theologian by training, having completed his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology at the University of Notre Dame in 2000, Fr. Jim developed his retreat directing skills here at Los Altos through his participation in our summer program for directing the Spiritual Exercises in 2008. Fr. Jim’s primary work was in higher education with stints at Saint Louis University, Gonzaga University, and Marquette University. Throughout his time in the academic arena, Fr. Jim has been active as a spiritual director and retreat director. His scholarly and pastoral experience provided the foundation for his book, Rethinking Christian Forgiveness: Theological, Philosophical, and Psychological Explorations (Liturgical Press: Collegeville, MN, 2015).
Ms. Dyane Hendricks
Development Director
Dyane Hendricks has promoted non-profit organizations as a fundraiser and fun-raiser, writer, administrator and event planner for 20 years. She appreciates the opportunity to support the mission of JRC. A graduate of San Jose State University with a degree in Journalism, Dyane worked for several local newspapers before becoming a non-profit professional. She is an avid fan of baking, ballet and baseball.
Tod Mitchell Thorpe
Senior Philanthropy Officer
Tod Thorpe had a scholarship to study Spanish Literature at La Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico, and continued his studies at UT Austin, where he chose to enter the catechumenate and be baptized and confirmed into the Catholic faith. He has been in the profession of philanthropy and community building for almost 25 years, starting at the GLIDE Foundation and Church in San Francisco right after 9-11-2001. He and his wife are both dedicated to the development profession and are parents to two Bengal kitties, Buster and Banzai.
Ms. Rosemary Generali
Controller
Rosemary Generali has worked in the accounting field for over 25 years. She worked as a corporate employee until her daughter was born and then she became an independent contractor, so she could stay home with her daughter. As an independent contractor, she has worked with various types of clients, including strategic management consultants, software and web developers, general contractors, electronics manufacturers, solar energy firms and non-profit companies. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy and is a QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor.
Ms. Angela Zavala
Accountant
Ms. Angela is a native of San Jose. Her parents are from Mexico and Honduras and Angela grew up speaking both English and Spanish. She’s been on staff since August 2016. She started as the Reservations Coordinator and transitioned into Accounting after graduating from San Jose State University.
Ms. Pooja Jain
Development & Communications Specialist
Pooja has been in the events & marketing industry for over 12 years. She has extensive experience in managing various kinds of events - trade shows, conferences, seminars, virtual & fundraising events. She loves to travel, read and spend time with her children.
Ms. Sofia Generali
Development Assistant
Sofia graduated from Santa Clara University in 2022 with a double major in Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies. She now works in development at the JRC as well as doing some backup work in accounting. Sofia assists with events, entering information into our donor database, and anything else that requires her attention while she is in the office. In her free time, she is an avid video game player and reader.
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JRC Board of Directors
Mr. Conor Flannery - Chair
Executive Managing Director, JLL
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Ms. Rita Carroll - Secretary
Retired School Principal
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Ms. Mary Coady
External Relations Consultant
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Mr. John Gardner - Treasurer
Venture Partner, NGP Capital
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Rev. John Auther, S.J.
Superior, Jesuit Community, JRC
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​Mr. Thomas Fike
Managing Director, AM Crawford, Inc.
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​Ms. Heidi Kallen
Clinical Social Worker, La Clinica de la Raza
Field Education Supervisor, JST-SCU
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Rev. Anthony Mancuso, EdD
Vicar for Clergy & Chaplain, St. Francis HS
​​Rev. Jack Mitchell, S.J.
St. Ignatius College Prep​
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Mr. Tom Nann
Retired CA Housing Finance Officer
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Rev. Peter Pabst, S.J.
Chancellor, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
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Ms. Grace Salceanu
Campus Min. & Teacher, Woodside Priory HS
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Ms. Lorraine Shepherd
Edu Consultant & Adjunct Lecturer, SCU
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Mr. Paul Venables
Founder & Chairman, Venables Bell + Partners
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Hon. Vanessa Zecher
Retired Superior Court Judge
JAMS in Silicon Valley
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