Mike Matey

Mike Matey, Marketing Director at Quiksilver, is an avid surfer, experienced marketer, and is married with two children (ages 10 and 6). Mike has 18 years marketing experience in consumer tech and media companies (Microsoft, Intuit, Yahoo, Surfline, MP3.com, Musicmatch), and has focused on customer acquisition/retention on emerging platforms, including the web, mobile and social networks. Mike is a goofy-foot, lives in Cardiff, CA, loves his 5’10” quad fish, and connects with students who surf at his church’s high-school youth group.

Bill Hogan
Bill Hogan is the CFO and head of Human Resources for Sawgrass Technologies, located in the Charleston, SC area.  Sawgrass is rapidly growing and leading developer of digital printing technologies that allows their customers to customize and personalize a vast array of products.  Bill has spent over 26 years in the business world working for 8 different companies.  These companies have ranged in size from 3 employees to 300,000 (11 years with General Electric).  Bill’s roles have focused primarily in Finance with multiple Operations roles along the way.

Bill is blessed to have a wonderful and loving wife Jan of 20 years.  They have adopted three incredible children … the oldest boy from Paraguay, a boy from Guatemala and daughter also from Guatemala.  Bill plays an active role in his church, is one of the leaders of Christian Surfers Charleston and holds a leadership role with the Southern South Carolina ESA.  Bill was born in Missouri and raised in Indiana making him a “Show-Me Hoosier”.  It was annual vacations to the beach that had him interested and dabbling in surfing much of his life.  It wasn’t until moving to Charleston 5+ years ago that he was able to turn the surfing from dabbling into a passion.  Bill’s local break is the Washout on Folly Beach.

Laura Dobson
A California native, surfing since she was 8,  Laura graduated from Cal State Northridge with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Health Administration. In 1999, Laura volunteered with Youth with a Mission: Discipleship Training School and worked as a mission's team leader and a facilitator in the Surfers for Missions International Outreach, completing in 2001. Over the past 10 years, Laura has lead international surf missions in Portugal, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, and Netherlands. Laura has been involved in GAP Youth Training since 2001 as an active board member and coach.  She is married to Ryan Dobson and they have one son.  In 2004, she helped launch KOR ministries, which focuses on evangelizing the lost, teaching a Biblical world view, and equipping and motivating Christians.  She speaks on forgiveness and leadership all over the nation. 

She has an eye for photography and in the past 2 years has developed her skills by continuing her education in college classes and mentoring.  She wants to use her skills to raise money for their international adoption in Africa.   Laura is an active member of her local church, and serves on the ministry team for MOPS (mothers of pre-schoolers). 

John Culbreth
Retired after 32 years at the US Postal Service, John turned his life over to Jesus in his 20's and has been following the Lord ever since.  He has been a youth director at 3 churches and also worked in the church high school department where he was in charge of teaching discipling young men.

He has been involved with Christian Surfers since 2001 and is still the current chapter director of CS Jacksonville.  He is on the board of directors for TLC, the local Crisis Pregnancy Center and the Family Driven Softball League.
Happily married for 39 years, John has 2 daughters, 2 son in laws and 6 grandchildren.

Surfing since the age of 9, John had to walk away for a while after being saved to reprioritize and God gave it back as a tool to reach an unreached tribe of surfers.  When God led him to CS he knew that was exactly where he was supposed to be!