panel. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Mercy Hospital; Mercy Health Systems in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Allegheny Conference on Community Development; Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership; World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh; and the Urban League of Pittsburgh. He serves on the board of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania and is the Chair of the President's Committee of the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education. Personal life Charles Dougherty was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended St. Anthony's High School in Smithtown, New York. Dougherty and his wife, Sandra, who recently retired as a judge on the Nebraska District Court in Douglas County, have two children. References 1949 births Living people Presidents of Duquesne University People from Brooklyn St. Bonaventure University alumni Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters alumni Catholics from New York (state)