Board of Directors

To assist the full-time Director and staff of the Centre in pursuing its goals, a Board of Governors was formally established in 1991 by the chief stakeholders of the Centre, namely the Spiritan Congregation, with places reserved for representatives of other key agencies, such as Development Cooperation Ireland (Department of Foreign Affairs).  This Board acted in an advisory capacity for the Trustees (Spiritan Congregation) and the Centre operated as an unincorporated body under a Constitution from 1991 to 2006.   

In 2005 a decision was made to seek a separate legal identity for the Centre and thus in February 2006 the Kimmage Development Studies Centre was formally registered with the Companies Registration Office (CRO) in Ireland.  (Company No: 414814)   Subsequently, KDSC successfully sought recognition as a Charity with the Revenue Commissioners (CHY 16985). 

A Board of Directors was established by the Members (Trustees drawn from the Spiritan Congregation).  The present composition of the Board consists of a Chairperson (a member of the Provincial Council of the Spiritan Congregation) and nine other members. The names of the current membership of people who serve as directors of Kimmage DSC are as follows:

• Fr Brian Starken CSSp (Chairperson)
• Ms. Sorcha Fennell
• Fr Daithi Kenneally CSSp
• Dr. Su-ming Khoo
• Dr. Joe Mannion
• Mr Brian Moroney
• Fr. Richard Quinn CSSp
• Dr. Denis Robinson CSSp
• Sr. Ursula Sharpe

The Executive Director of Kimmage DSC, Mr Paddy Reilly, currently acts as Company Secretary.