Bob is a Florida native whose first kinky instincts came while in junior high school when a friend asked him to tie him up. It was the start of a lifelong friendship and a lifelong love of things kinky and twisted. He was involved in fairly advanced role play, bondage, and CBT before even graduating from high school, all as a part of sexual self discovery with friends all totally unaware that there was such a thing as BDSM outside their small group. In college he became aware of the great big gay, and perhaps not quite as big BDSM, worlds awaiting him.
While in Florida he was a member of several gay and leather organizations. He has taught, performed demonstrations, and mentored others on matters involving various aspects of safe BDSM. Having lived through the height of the AIDS epidemic, and particularly the early years when nothing was known about this great killer, he is a serious advocate of safe sex. Too many great and wonderful men were lost to the gay community as a result of AIDS. Their loss is felt every day when their intelligence and experience isn't here to be passed on. Particularly in the BDSM community.
"Having seen first hand what AIDS has done to close and good friends I firmly believe that there is no orgasm worth risking your life for.
He considers his work with the Dungeon Monitors Association and being a DM at both s and pansexual parties to be a good way to give back to a community that s been very good to him for over 30 years. Bob considers himself a compassionate sadist.
Phil Derby (Vice President)
Phil and his wife August Knight started the Fandango Parties, now in their 14th year. In 2003, Phil and August started the SFCitadel dungeon in San Francisco. He is VP of the DMA, a Society of Janus and Leather Forum member, and a sponsor of Folsom Street Events.
Stef (Treasurer)
NyteMuse (Secretary)
Participating in many alternative lifestyles, NyteMuse has been a participant in the kink community since 2000, all locally in the San Francisco Bay Area. A fairly recent addition to the Board, NyteMuse joined the DMA in 2004 and serves as Secretary and webmaster.
Ren
Daddy Ren maintains a queer, primarily leather lifestyle. Endeavors include the Lyon-Martin Clinic's Development Committee, Co-founder/Co-Coordinated 2006-07 Folsom St. Fair's Women's Space, FSE Board Assoc., S.F. Human Right Commission's LBGT Advisory Council member, and board member with SF Dykes on Bikes, Dungeon Monitors Assoc, & the SFCitadel.
Ken
Daddy Ken Thomas' involvement in the leather community includes facilitating the local Masters And slaves Together group; being a Fraternal member of The 15 Association and Dungeon Monitors Association. He's an East Coast transplant; a gay man; long-term survivor of HIV and enjoys spending time with his slave and leather family.
Loki
Loki (aka James B.) has been in one leather/bdsm community or another since 1995. He's served the community as a Mentor director for Society of Janus, taught skills classes for many groups in the Bay Area, andfounded the Rope Peer Workshop currently held monthly at the SF Citadel. He is a graduate of the APEX/Butchmann's experience and of the now-defunct Journeyman III Academy in Utah, and former headmaster of the Journeyman classes in the Bay Area.
Emeritus
(Advisors are those who were once on the board and have resigned, but who are available for the board to consult with when necessary. Thank you, advisors, for your continued service.)
Domina
Domina has been in the scene for over fifteen years, starting as a submissive and ending up as a domme. She teaches various bdsm classes, mostly known for her caning techniques. She's both a lifestyle and professional dominant. She has one full time slave to whom she is married. Her sexual orientation is bi.
Along with her best friend, Cynthia, she organized the Modesto Discussion Group. She helped organize the Northern California Ladies Tea and Discussion Society and is one of the training Mistresses of the group.
She runs the Frugal Domme Website and is also a professional dominant. She has a sense of humor and has been castigated for not taking BDSM seriously enough. Her appointment to the board shows that Treasure has a sense of humor, too.
She runs the website and her email address is domina@leatherplanet.com.
Guy Bennett
Guy is a lifestyle Dominant, striving to attain Mastery. He was a founding Board member of the Dungeon Monitors Association and is currently an honorary member of the Board. He is a member of The Portland Leather Alliance, Black Rose and The Society of Janus and has been active in the BDSM scene in Portland and San Francisco for several years. He is married to the lovely francesca, his slave, and resides in Vancouver, Washington.
Atheris
Atheris has been in the scene officially for about 6 years, although she started tying up and torturing her stuffed animals when she was about four! She has been writing BDSM erotica since before she was of legal age and now she shares some of her work on her personal site, Dark Side of Passion.
She is a professional Dominant and is a training Mistress of the Ladies Tea Society. She is part of the Frugal Domme Family and is Lady Cynthia's daughter in House Corwyn. She is also a lifestyle player and switches in her personal life with her partner and leather family. She lives in Fremont with her partner/switch and their pets.
She teaches classes in the community, often with Domina.
You can reach her in email at atheris7@aol.com.
