President: Scott Kip  |  scott at skateboardadvocacynetwork dot org
Scott Kip is a Philadelphia transplant from Owego, New York. He began skateboarding in 1991. His passion for skateboarding and art led him to Philadelphia in 1995 where he attended the University of the Arts and earned a degree in woodworking. Currently, in addition to his duties for SAN, Scott manages the woodworking studio at the University of the Arts, creates his own sculpture work, skateboards, and is an active participant in a thriving Philadelphia artist collective.

Vice-President: Ben Jones  |  bjones at skateboardadvocacynetwork dot org
Ben Jones is a long-time skateboarder and active member in his community. With a degree in political science from West Chester University, Ben has worked with the United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia. His political conscience and sense of civic duty have allowed Ben to be an activist and organizer in such events as the Unity 2000 march in Philadelphia. As co-owner of Kinetic Skateboarding in Wilmington, Delaware, Ben has managed to transform his passion for skateboarding and youth into a successful and positive enterprise.

Treasurer: Edward Jankowski Jr.  |  ejankowski at skateboardadvocacynetwork dot org
Ed is has been a long-time active member of the skateboarding community in and around Philadelphia for over fifteen years. Outside of skateboarding, Ed is an accomplished engineer. As a member of the Pennsylvania Board of Engineering, Ed has worked on several extensive projects throughout the country. Skateboard park construction has been a passion for Ed for some time now. Ed is dedicated to ensuring the future of skateboarding for area youth through the construction and maintenance of quality, public, skateboarding facilities.

Secretary: Brian Nugent |  san atskatenerd dot com
Brian Nugent started skateboarding on Long Island, NY in 1985. He relocated to Philadelphia in 1993 to attend the Art Institute of Philadelphia. His studies and skateboarding steered him in the career direction of design and advertising.

Brian began working in Philadelphia with small skateboard-related companies such as Sub Zero skate shop and Declaration Skateboards. He gained valuable experience as an art director for Journal Skateboarding Magazine. His magazine work sparked a series of skateboarding related travel experiences including Europe and the Far East.

Brian worked as Director of Enrollment Publications for Drexel University where he gained valuable professional and Philadelphia-related experience. His freelance projects continued to grow. He then took on ownership of Philadelphia Experiment Skateboards which were distributed to more then 100 shops around the world.

Brian worked at Philadelphia-based Weblinc where he trained and managed more than 15 multimedia employees before becoming self-employed. Currently, Brian does freelance design work while operating his own store/gallery, Skate Nerd with partner, Bryan Winters.

Board:

Ben Horner
Ben was born and raised in the Philadelphia area but has traveled extensively in the pursuit of both skateboarding and education. Ben has a degree in politics from the University of California in Santa Cruz. He has served as a member of the national service organization, City Year, where he worked with youth in the San Jose California community providing tutoring and in-class assistance. During his time with City Year, Ben created a skateboarding after school program that provided a safe environment for kids. To this end, Ben solicited the support of the skateboard industry and community to donate boards and equipment for these youth. Currently, Ben works as an assistant teacher in a Philadelphia elementary school and is working towards his teacher certification.

Jonathan Finnegan
Jonathan Finnegan was born and raised in Buffalo, New York where he began skateboarding around 1989. He moved to Philadelphia in 1998. He relocated for a short time to Albuquerque, New Mexico, but has since been back for a year and a half. He has been running haveboard.com since 2001, when it was originally called haveboardwillskate.com. He is also a member of the Space 1026 artist collective and works for Gyro Worldwide Advertising.