austin so - president

Austin is SVP, General Counsel, Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer of Armstrong World Industries. 

A native of New York City, Austin currently resides in Philadelphia with his wife, Kate, and two children who are on the Race Team (Jack and Emma). 

Austin is an exceptionally mediocre skier, a big fan of mixed martial arts, and is desperate to learn tennis. 

Austin can be reached at president@pasef.org.


Gabriel smith - vice president

Gabe is a US Marketing Leader in the Vaccine Business Unit at Merck.  

He currently resides in the Lehigh Valley with his wife, Anne, and two children (Gabriel and Christian).  Gabriel is on the Race Team and Christian will be starting the Development Team this year. 

 Gabe enjoys skiing with his family and playing golf.

Gabe can be reached at: vppasefboard@pasef.org


PuJa yagnik - secretary

Puja lives in Short Hills with her family and actively works as a Realtor for residential properties in NJ.

Puja has been at PASEF with her two girls, Akshra and Aroma for 10+ years and a race parent for the last 8 years. Her daughter Aroma continues to race and will be a U16 this year. Puja loves skiing and can be found on the mountain pretty much every weekend with her husband during the season.

Puja has been an active member of PASEF volunteering community across various fronts - Team manger U12, U14, Race judge, course slipping etc. and more recently a PASEF Board member for the last 3 years focusing on managing the spirit wear store and yearly banquet.

When not skiing or working, she can be found playing tennis or talking long walks in the neighborhood.

She can be reached at PujaYagnik@gmail.com