David Breen

My introduction to DotOUT came through friends who were involved and I was immediately impressed with the organization and its potential to build bridges between our gay and straight neighbors. I have been more actively involved as a Steering Committee member since the fall of 2007. I hope to remain active and to help grow the organization - with your help! As a fairly new first-time (albeit older) Dad, I am very focused on ensuring that Dorchester remains a diverse, safe and vibrant community in which to raise our son and send him to school. I live in the Ashmont-Adams Neighborhood with my partner and our son (and dog). Although technically a "native" of Dorchester (like many Bostonians I was born at St. Margaret's), my family roots are in South Boston and I was raised in Stoughton, MA. I have been active in political, lgbt, and community activities for many years. In addition to being involved in DotOUT, I currently serve on the Board of Directors for Fenway Community Health and on the Judicial Council of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee. In 2002, I was honored to receive an award from the Greater Boston Business Council for my long-time service to the lgbt community. During the day, I serve as an Associate Clinical Professor of law at Boston University, from which I graduated in 1990. I also have a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government and an AB from Georgetown University.

Dianne Curtin

I am happy to call Dorchester (Ashmont-Adams neighborhood) my home! Since moving to Dorchester seven years ago, my partner and I have felt lucky to be part of a such a diverse and welcoming community. I am interested in being a member of the DOT OUT steering committee because I would like to be an active participant in building upon the strengths and diversity of Dorchester's residents to create a stronger, more welcoming and better community for all. Working in human services, I have spent many years building programs, events and resources to create stronger communities of support for all types families. Now, I would love the opportunity to be part of strengthening the community in which I live! I am currently finishing a Masters in Social Work degree and have recently left the field of foster care adoption to coordinate an early literacy program in the Greater Boston area . As school ends, I look forward to having the time to become more active in Dorchester, while continuing to be part of the events committee of the Greater Boston Business Council. I am particularly interested in helping to create more opportunities to bring together diverse groups of Dorchester residents to foster stronger connections and sense of community.

Christopher Horan

I moved to the Meeting House Hill are of Dorchester a little over three years ago, having lived in other parts of Boston since 1992. For the past 13 years, I've worked in various capacities for the City of Boston and the Boston Public Schools, currently as the school district's Chief Communications Officer. I've also been active in Boston's LGBT community, including several years as Board Chair for SpeakOut, the nation's oldest LGBT speakers bureau. I've greatly enjoyed making Dorchester my home. The neighborhood has so much to offer and is so loved by those who live here and too often misunderstood by those who don't. I've been encouraged by the sense of community emerging among the streets that surround Ronan Park, including an informal but growing network of LGBT neighbors. DotOUT has great potential to strengthen the ties among Dorchester's many communities - meaning both is geographic areas and its diverse populations. I would welcome the opportunity to help the organization grow and become more visible.

Brian Khoo

I currently live in the Lower Mills area of Dorchester. I am a native of Malaysia and have been living in the US for eleven and the half years now with my fiancée. I graduated from Newbury College in 2002 with a degree in Interior Design and am currently employed at CBT Architects, Inc. in Boston. Community Involvement: The DotOUT Steering Committee is my first attempt to help make this a better community to be a part of. I decided that it was time to take an active role and be part of Dorchester, to understand the issues, to find ways of bringing people from all walks of life together as one. I believe I can play a positive role as part of the Steering Committee.

Stephanie Moura

Though I have lived in Boston for nearly 25 years, I am a relative new comer to Dot - going on six years now. I live in the Peabody Square/Ashmont neighborhood with my partner of eight years (and our two cats) and am involved in the Florida Corridor Neighborhood Association. My main Dorchester community involvement has been serving on the Steering Committee of DotOUT for the past four years. Helping develop the organization and being involved with its activities has been rewarding (okay, frustrating at times!) and I would be honored to continue as a member of the Steering Committee. Community issues of particular interest or concern to me include: improving the quality of public education in our city schools; building bridges across socioeconomic, racial, sexual orientation and other divides to strengthen the Dorchester community and add to quality of life; and raising environmental awareness and "greening" our businesses and neighborhoods. In my day job I am the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Fund, a public-private partnership working to advance integrated ocean management for MA coastal oceans.

Richard O'Mara

I currently live in the area between Lower Mills and Cedar Grove neighborhoods. Born and raised in this neighborhood, graduate of Boston Latin '72, UMass Amherst '77 B.S. Plant & Soil Sciences. Occupation: 1980-present, President, Cedar Grove Gardens, Inc. Business Associations; Dorchester Board of Trade past V.P., Lower Mills Merchants Assoc., past President, Corporator Milton Hospital. Civic Associations: Current: Dorchester Park Assoc, Director, DotOUT, Steering Committee Member, Lower Mills Civic Assoc, Vice President. Cedar Grove Civic Assoc., Member. Member of the Dorchester Ave Task Force, Dorchester PZAC and The Dorchester Historical Society. Reasons for serving: I believe our community has a lot to gain and contribute by being visible and playing an active role in community dialog concerning all the issues in regards to quality of life in Dorchester.