Social Capital Inc. @ DotWell Staff
SCI Dorchester 2011-2012 - From left, top row: Rosanne Foley, Arjun Verma, Jason Jedrusiak, Colin Hunt, Doreen Treacy.
From left, bottom row: Luke Barosky, Alyssa Keil. See everyone's bio, below.
Social Capital Inc. Staff
President and Founder David B. Crowley brings over ten years of leadership in the nonprofit sector to the founding of SCI. Prior to starting SCI, David served as Executive Director of Generations Incorporated, which under his leadership grew into a national model for intergenerational programming. He also started and directed the Kentucky Community Service Commission, a state entity appointed by the Governor responsible for AmeriCorps and other service programs. David graduated from Harvard College in 1991 with an A.B. in Government.
SCI Dorchester @ DotWell Staff
SCI Dorchester @ DotWell Site Coordinator Rosanne Foley is an ardent supporter (and resident) of the Dorchester community. She has worked for DotWell since 2001 - these days coordinating the team that runs the MyDorchester.org website, a weekly eblast with 2,000+ subscribers, Dorchester Family School Initiative, GNA Teen Center, and the DotWell volunteer program. From 2003-2011 Rosanne directed GreenDorchester (Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition) a grassroots initiative of environmental health and justice organizing, since 2003. Rosanne’s prior employment includes the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, the Boston Police Department, Boston Parks Department, and the National Park Service. Some of Rosanne’s recent activities include the Neponset River Restoration Citizen Advisory Committee, the Metropolitan Beaches Commission, the Fitness Committee of the Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness, the Dorchester Avenue Task Force, the Boston Healthy Housing and Schools Collaborative (steering committee), the Dorchester Historical Society (board), the Ashmont T Station Citizens Advisory Committee (co-chair), the Dorchester Avenue Zoning Advisory Group, Fields Corner Main Street Advisory Council, and St Marks Area Main Street (former board, now committee member). She is a founding member of DotBike, and the Dorchester Arts Collaborative. Rosanne received a BA in history from Northeastern University, and a criminal justice associates degree from Curry College. Publications include The Dorchester Environmental Profile in 2003.
Director of School-Based Initiatives Tom Powers manages health and wellness services in DotWell’s non-clinical programs at the health centers and in community schools through the Dorchester FAMILY School Initiative. He has managed community-based wellness programs including fitness, nutrition and asthma education. Tom began working at Dorchester House in August of 1998, and has wide-ranging experience in education and program development. He received a BA from Dickinson College in PA.
Director of Civic Health Doreen Treacy joined the DotWell CivicHealth Institute in 2001, 9 years after launching a successful consulting venture and 8 years after purchasing her first home in the Dorchester community. The collusion between her community activism and professional life have informed each other ever since. As a consultant to the City of Boston, she authored a course book and delivered trainings for the popular Homebuying 101 program a program that became a benchmark for homebuyer education standards statewide. In addition to the Homebuying course, Ms. Treacy also developed and facilitated numerous financial seminars to empower individuals to become stable, long term, and engaged members of their communities. She has been a featured presenter at a HUD National Best Practices Conference, a National Tax Coalition conference, a National Community Technology conference and at a statewide Federal Reserve Bank Conference. Additionally, her work with first-time urban homebuyers was featured in Money magazine.
Since joining the CivicHealth Institute, she has entered into a partnership with Social Capital, Inc to increase civic engagement and social capital in the community. With a team of community activists, she has played an active role in the revitalization of the MBTA Red Line's stations in Dorchester and particularly in the creation of the Shawmut Corridor Gardens, a transit oriented beauty spot and teaching garden. She has spearheaded a Fiscal Health initiative partnering with the City of Boston, FDIC, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, IRS, and local nonprofits to launch a city-wide, neighborhood-based Earned Income Tax Campaign. Her newest initiative, Wealth Access for All, weaves opportunities for higher education, family financial education, and access to the EITC into a comprehensive asset development strategy. She is a founding member of the Boston EITC Coalition, on the Board of Directors of MCBC (Massachusetts Banking and Community Council) where she is also a co-chair of its Banking subcommittee, and a Board of Directors member of MIDAS. She holds an BS from the University of Massachusetts- Amherst and an M.Div from Boston University.
SCI Dorchester @ DotWell AmeriCorps 2011-2012 Team
Alyssa Keil is an Outreach & Technology Coordinator with SCIDorchester at Dotwell, serving as the webmaster for MyDorchester.org. Originally from Rhode Island, she graduated from Wheaton College in Norton, MA in 2010 with an A.B. in English and a minor in Studio Art. Since graduating, Alyssa has lived a nomadic lifestyle, hopping from Jamaica Plain to Brooklyn to Iceland all within a year. After three months of working with disabled adults in southern Iceland, she decided to undertake a service project closer to home and closer to where her interests lie, and is excited to get to know more about Dorchester and continue thinking about civic media, technology and social networking.
Arjun Verma coordinates the Volunteer program for SCI Dorchester @ DotWell, recruiting volunteers for DotWell and other community organizations in Dorchester. Arjun graduated from Tufts University in 2011 with a degree in International Relations and Arabic. In his spare time, he works out and trains for marathons and spends too much time checking ESPN.com. He joined SCI Dorchester out of a desire to serve through AmeriCorps and a belief in the link between service and citizenship.
Colin Hunt was born in the year 1988. Since then, he has hiked the highest 46 peaks in New York, dove into the Blue Hole in the Caribbean, and extensively explored the Adriatic Sea. He graduated from the University of Vermont majoring in Sociology and then served with AmeriCorps in Vermont leading tai chi and yoga classes for seniors. Now, Colin is serving a second year of AmeriCorps connecting people all over the Dorchester community with the Dorchester FAMILY School Initiative (DFSI) that provides academic, enrichment, and wellness services to DotWell partner schools. He knows resources are out there - he is your man to find them.
Jason Jedrusiak is a New Jersey native and exists in Cambridge, MA as a performance and multi-media artist, photographer, poet, and couchsurfer. His service with SCIDorchester @ DotWell is mainly with the GNA Teen Center at Dorchester House. Jason also directs Rebels Without Applauze, an improvised comedy troupe as well as Laughing Matter, a non-profit dedicated to spreading laughter to those in need. Jason’s has experience in psychodrama, a form of theater therapy and plays an active role in social justice initiatives using Theatre of the Oppressed. He also guides meditation, laughter yoga, and hosts other community groups. Jason volunteers with Youth Enrichment Services, loves to learn and teach in the same moment, and is always looking for another “blue centerlight to pop.”
Luke Barosky serves at SCI Dorchester @ Dotwell putting the weekly eBlast together and assisting in keeping the Calendar on the MyDorchester website up to date. Luke grew up in Canton, MA. After graduating from the University of Vermont with a BA in English and Studio Art, Luke moved to the Lower East in New York City, where he worked as a freelance art handler and Graphic Designer. He had his first solo art exhibit at the SBD Gallery on East 4th Street in 2009. Luke enjoys watching Boston sports teams and the Blues.
