Contact: adamw at padi dot com
Region: Southeast, Gulf Coast of Florida, Bermuda
Hometown: Eastvale, CA
OW Cert Location: Ontario CA
Favorite Smell: Putrescine NH2(CH2)4NH2
Favorite Food: salt water
(I know what you’re thinking that’s not a food… but for those of you who dive here in Cali you know what I’m talking about)
First Concert: Oingo Boingo
Mild Medium or Spicy: Spicy
Number of Years Working in the Dive Industry: 9
How do you start your day at PADI: lovin' (our order-entry system) MACOLA
Sea Creature You Hope to Meet Underwater One Day: Orca
Contact: Sebastian.Acevedo at padi dot com
Region: Latin America
Hometown: Chile and St.Croix
OW Cert Location: St.Croix USVI
First Concert: Run DMC
Number of Years Working in the Dive Industry: 11
Sea Creature You Hope to Meet Underwater One Day: Great White
Name: Bret Lorea
Contact: Bret.Lorea at padi dot com
Region: Southwest and Midwest
Hometown: Lake Tahoe, Calif.
OW Cert Location: Bottom of Monterey Bay Favorite Smell: Northern California Redwood Forest
Favorite Food: Pollo Porcini from Café Sistina in Honolulu!
First Concert: YES 1979something
Mild Medium or Spicy: Medium
Number of Years Working in the Dive Industry: 21 + years,
How do you start your day at PADI: a large coffee and a large amount of email.
Sea Creature You Hope to Meet Underwater One Day: Blue Whale
Any interesting facts you’d like to share: I miss Sam Kinison…
Contact: Fabio.Taglieri at padi dot com
Region: Caribbean, SE Texas, Louisiana
Hometown: Born in Bologna Italy but consider Orange County home
OW Cert Location: San Marcos CA
Favorite Smell: Pasta cooking in the kitchen
Favorite Food: fetuccini a la carbonara or seared, blackened salmon on a salad
First Concert: Too old to remember. I did go to the opera AIDA when I was 11
Mild Medium or Spicy: Medium
Number of Years Working in the Dive Industry: about 15yrs in dive business
Served 26 yrs, 6 months and 6 days in USMC
How do you start your day at PADI: With at least two cups of coffee under my belt
Sea Creature You Hope to Meet Underwater One Day: My wife in a mermaid outfit
Any interesting facts you’d like to share: I’m grateful that my twin brother does not look like me
Contact: Nick.Buskirk at padi dot com
Region: New England, USVI and BVI
Hometown: Dana Point, CA
OW Cert Location: Channel Islands, California Coast
First Concert: U2 in 1992
Dive Industry Experience: 9 years
Sea Creatures You Hope to Meet Underwater One Day: Whatever is feeding on the Sardine Run off the South African coast
A Great Moment Under Water: Watching another Divemaster get his mask smacked off his face by the tail of a 25 foot Whale Shark….don’t get too close.
Name: Erica Wedepohl
Contact: Erica.Wedepohl at padi dot com
Region: Latin America
Hometown: Prescott, AZ
OW Cert Location: San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
Favorite Smell: suntan lotion
Favorite Food: artichokes
First Concert: Aerosmith
Mild Medium or Spicy: SPICY Baby!
Number of Years Working in the Dive Industry: 15
How do you start your day at PADI: drinking tea and checking email
Sea Creature You Hope to Meet Underwater One Day: whale shark or a merman!
Name: Megan Denny
Contact: Megan.Denny at padi dot com
Region: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Central Pacific
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
OW Cert Location: Akumal, Mexico
Favorite Smell: Clean laundry from the dryer
Favorite Food: Macaroni and Cheese
First Concert: Neil Young and Pearl Jam
Mild Medium or Spicy: Spicy
Number of Years Working in the Dive Industry: 7
How do you start your day at PADI: lots of coffee and two breakfasts
Sea Creature You Hope to Meet Underwater One Day: a friendly orca
Any interesting facts you’d like to share: my car is almost old enough to be a divemaster
