Deborah Mancini Morrocco joins Boston College Board of Trustees

Morrocco is a third-generation leader of her West Greenwich, RI,-based family company, which has a long history of operating flooring and beverage distribution businesses, particularly in the Northeast. Today, its distribution footprint extends through New Jersey, New York, and New England. The firm also makes strategic investments in commercial real estate and emerging businesses that align with its operating company models.

After graduating from Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and human resources, she joined Mancini Beverage. Morrocco currently heads the Mancini Family Office, which manages real estate and investment business units as well as a shared services component for her families’ firms in beverage and flooring distribution.

Morrocco also chairs the Mancini Family Foundation Board of Trustees, and views the foundation as an opportunity to work together as a family around its philanthropic values of giving and sharing. “Our family believes that education is critical to personal achievement, and that it is a fundamental precondition to strong communities,” states the company website. “Through our foundation, we support educational programs and research that creates value for individuals, and that makes our world a better place to live, work and enjoy.”

The Mancinis have a long legacy of philanthropy at Boston College, including decades as generous benefactors in support of financial aid. Their philanthropic outreach led them to establish an expanded initiative, the Mancini Family Rhode Island Scholars Program.

 “The family’s decision to create this scholarship program stems from their motivation to both reduce the financial burden of Rhode Islanders seeking higher education, and also to build a community for this group of BC scholars,” noted the Office of University Advancement’s publication Beacon in 2020. “It reflects the Mancinis’ love for both Boston College and Rhode Island, recognizing the significant financial need of many students from their home state.”

Prior to joining the BC Board of Trustees on September 27, Morrocco served as a member of BC’s Board of Regents. She also serves on the Council for Women of Boston College and has been part of several alumni committees for the Office of University Advancement. The Mancinis engage with students on campus at sporting events, scholarship dinners, and at Pops on the Heights: The Barbara and Jim Cleary Scholarship Gala, for which they are generous patrons.

Morrocco lives with her husband, Gary, in Cranston, RI. The couple’s children are Derek ’10, Matthew, Kristina ’14, and Elizabeth; they are the grandparents of Rory and Riley.