Our Team
JRC Staff
Fr. Chi Ngo, S.J.
Executive Director
Fr. Chi is an experienced spiritual director in the Spiritual Exercises and has given numerous retreats and Ignatian spirituality workshops. He received training at The Guelph Centre of Spirituality in Ontario, Canada and was missioned to the Loyola Institute of Spirituality in Orange after Ordination, where he gave retreats and founded the 3-year Ignatian spiritual formation program. He has trained others in spiritual direction and the Spiritual Exercises over the past 2 decades. 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. This is his first year at the Center.
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.
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. 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.
Ms. Angela Zavala
Reservations Coordinator
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 is currently working toward her B.A. in Accounting at San Jose State University. Just one more semester to go! She’s been on staff since August 2016 and is the primary contact for all reservations.
Ms. Mary McCarthy
Bookstore
Mary McCarty, a native of Southern California, studied Classics at UC Santa Barbara, earning a B.A in 1974, M.A. in 1976 and Secondary Teaching Credential through Cal State Los Angeles in 1978. She worked at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco for 34 years, teaching Latin and assisting on student retreats. Since her retirement from S.I. she has managed the bookstore at the Jesuit Retreat Center for over 4 years.
Ms. Pooja Jain
Communications and Group Reservations
Pooja was born and raised in India. She has been living in the US for the past 14 years. She has over 8 years of experience in marketing and events industry. She loves to travel, cook and spend time with her two toddlers. She is the primary contact for Communications and Outside Group Reservations here at the Jesuit Retreat Center
JRC Board of Directors
Ms. Kim Manca - Chair
Certified Public Accountant, inactive
Ms. Rita Carroll- Secretary
Retired School Principal
Mr. John Gardner -Treasurer
Venture Partner, NGP Capital
Rev. John Auther, S.J.
Superior, Jesuit Community, JRC
Mr. Jeffrey Banchero
Owner, Banchero Law Firm LLP
Mr. Thomas Fike
Managing Director, AM Crawford, Inc.
Mr. Conor Flannery
Executive Managing Director, JLL
Ms. Elizabeth Hanley
Owner, Liz Is All Biz, Inc
Mr. Sean Hanlon
Founder & CEO, Hanlon Financial Consulting
Rev. Anthony Mancuso, EdD
Vicar for Clergy & SFHS Chaplain
Rev. Jack Mitchell, S.J.
Superior, Jesuit Community, SICP
Rev. Peter Pabst, S.J.
Chancellor, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Mr. Paul Venables
Founder & Chairman, Venables Bell + Partners
Dr. James Whitehead
Retired President, Vector Laboratories