King’s College Board of Directors Welcomes Three New Members and Elects a New Chair

King’s College today announced that Rev. Brian C. Ching, C.S.C., Jennifer M. Mantini ’98, and Ricky Rose have been elected to its board of directors for three-year terms. Brendan Dougher ’84, who has served on the board since 2012, was elected to serve as chair. 

Father Ching has served as the rector of Sacred Heart Basilica at the University of Notre Dame since July 2018. He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science in 2007 and a Master of Divinity in 2013. He made his Profession of Perpetual Vows in August 2012 and was ordained a priest at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in 2013. 

Mantini currently serves as the office managing partner for PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) Philadelphia office. She graduated from King’s College with a B.S. in Accounting. Her professional success and commitment to non-profit institutions have been recognized in her “40 Under 40” award by the M&A Advisor and her Service to Alma Mater Award for helping King’s College business students plan their careers. 

Rose is the owner and CEO of Mountain Productions, which has a European division based in Dublin, Ireland. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Florida State University's College of Motion Picture Arts and his MBA from Trinity College Dublin. He currently serves on the boards of Mountain Productions, Petroleum Service Company, and the Irish International Business Network. 

Dougher was elected to the board in 2012, serving as chair of the Finance Committee, and on the Committee on Directors, the Executive Committee, and the Marketing and Enrollment Management Committee. 

Dougher graduated from King’s in 1984 with a B.S. in Accounting. He retired from PwC in 2020 after a more than 30-year career, with his last position being managing partner of PwC’s New York Metro Region, its largest office with 9,400 employees, including 750 partners. 

He also served as a board member of the Foreign Policy Association, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and United Way of New York. He has participated as a speaker and moderator in numerous business events throughout the New York Region, including the World Leadership Forum. In addition, Dougher has been a member of the King’s College McGowan School of Business Advisory Council, an active mentor to students at the McGowan Business Forum, and a judge at the PwC Challenge Competition. 

Dougher assumes the role from Thomas R. Smith ’77, who had been a board member since 1995 and served as chair since 2010. Smith received the inaugural King’s College President’s Award for Lifetime Achievement Award last Spring and was also a recipient of the Rev. James Lackenmier, C.S.C., Award for Achievement and Leadership. 

“From its earliest days, King’s has been blest with amazing board members, who care deeply about its Catholic and Holy Cross mission and bring invaluable skill and insight to further that mission,” said Rev. Thomas P. Looney, C.S.C., Ph.D., president of the College. “I am deeply grateful to our newly elected board members for their willingness to serve our noble mission and to continue that great legacy of service.”