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Tom Ingram

Tom Ingram has more than 45 years of experience working in the recreational diving industry, including...
Feb 20, 20245 min read

Joan Forsberg

Joan Forsberg is a well-known maritime historian, scuba diver, author, speaker, and underwater videographer, whose passion is...
Feb 21, 20232 min read

Cynthia Matzke

Even though Cynthia Matzke has been a professional diver and journalist for three decades, she feels...
Feb 21, 20232 min read

Ian Koblick

Ian Koblick’s dynamic and influential oceanographic career has spanned over the last half century and ranks...
Feb 21, 20233 min read

Tom Ulrich

A long-time HDS member, Tom was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California, at a time...
Nov 12, 20202 min read

Don Creekmore

At a young age Don Creekmore was fascinated with popular culture and history. Growing up in...
Apr 29, 20203 min read

Mark Ward

Mark’s love for ocean exploration was spawned by early TV shows like “Voyage to the Bottom...
Apr 29, 20202 min read

Michael Menduno

Michael Menduno/M2 is the editor-in-chief of Global Underwater Explorer’s InDepth online magazine and an award-winning journalist and technologist...
Apr 29, 20201 min read

Missie Lashmet

Missie has spent the last 17 years in various Management roles for manufactures in the Dive...
Apr 29, 20201 min read

Matt Seibert

Matt is Vice President/Founder of Dive 1st Aid as well as Vice President of Seaside Marine...
Apr 29, 20201 min read

Ed Uditis

Ed Uditis began diving in 1954 and became a YMCA assistant instructor in 1959. He became...
Apr 29, 20201 min read

Eric Eckes

Eric Eckes has been SCUBA diving for fifteen years and holds instructor certifications from NAUI, SDI...
Apr 29, 20201 min read

Jon Council

Jon Council’s diving experience spans forty-six years with the past thirty-two of it as a scientific...
Apr 29, 20201 min read

William Ziefle

William M. Ziefle, B.S., J.D., MBA, is President and CEO of Divers Alert Network (DAN). Associated...
Apr 29, 20202 min read