Sandow Birk

Artist

Hearts: Surfing, Traveling, Painting

Smarts: BFA from Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design

Greg Escalante

Co-founder of Juxtapoz Magazine

Hearts: Promoting art by writing, collecting, curating and selling. Travel with trips to art destinations such as Florence and Damanhur and surf meccas such as Morocco, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

Smarts: BFA Cal State Long Beach

Mike Milley

Global Lead, Socio-Cultural Research, Samsung Design and Adjunct Faculty, ArtCenter Graduate Media Design Program

Hearts: garlic butter, snowboarding, Disneyland, big stompy boots

Smarts: Columbia College and Parsons School of Design.

Asuka Hisa

Director of Education, Santa Monica Museum of Art

Hearts: Human inventiveness, art, education, cycling, a good cup of tea, and all things cultural.

Smarts: Barnard College + Ecole des Beaux Arts, France.

Megan Whitmarsh

Artist
A.K.A. baby shrimp

Hearts: unicorns, yetis, sunshine, and the x-ray spex.

Smarts: BFA Kansas City Art Institute, MFA University of New Orleans.

Mike Smith

Creative Director, Paul Frank
Son of a pun.

Hearts: Pizza, Belgian Beer, seeing art, going to see bands play, writing and recording music.

Smarts: Film and Electronic Media Major at Cal State Long Beach.

Tracy Bunkoczy

Vice President of Design, Paul Frank
A.K.A. Tbunz

Hearts: Traveling, scouring flea markets for vintage finds, art, seeing live music, culinary adventures, cooking, wine tasting and specialty cocktails.

Smarts: BFA from Otis College of Art and Design, studied Art History and Fashion Merchandising.