By Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff
January 21, 2021
Steve Bickerton
Steve Bickerton first joined the Cedar Grove Civic Association (CGCA) as a junior member in the early 2000s when his father, Steve Senior, was acting president. Now, after serving for the last five years on the association’s executive board, the son is following in his dad’s footsteps as he takes the helm as president this month.
The 36-year-old Bickerton, who works for the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, has chaired the association’s Planning and Development committee in recent months.
“I’m looking to have the position for the long term,” he told the Reporter this week. “I’ve stepped into the role because there was a bit of a vacuum, and I intend to run if there’s a contested election, which I don’t anticipate there will be.”
By Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff
December 24, 2020
Kaitlin Passafaro: A long history with City Hall
Earlier this month when Mayor Walsh announced the transition of several City Hall staff into new leadership positions in his administration, Kaitlin Passafaro, a lifelong Dorchester resident, was named director of the office of Intergovernmental Relations, which coordinates interactions between municipal, state, and federal governments, assists City departments with advocacy and prospecting for public and private grants, and helps determine the mayor’s legislative agenda.
Passafaro, the daughter of former District 3 City Councillor Maureen Feeney, most recently served as director of policy in Walsh’s Office of Economic Development. She began working at City Hall in 2010 as a correspondence and advance assistant in the mayor’s office. She is a graduate of Boston Latin School and holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a master’s from Suffolk University.