NAME: Rudy Abraham
AVSC Member Since: June 2011; AVSC Diver of the Year 2011, Board Member 2013 - 2015.
NABS Membership: 2012
Certification Level: PADI Divemaster
Other Training: Night Diver; Drift Diver; Enriched Air; Archaelogy Survey Diver; DWP Graduate; Emergency First Responder; DAN O2 First Aid Provider
Interest: Hiking; Kayaking & Shooting
Favorite Dives: Honduras; St. Lucia; Cozumel & Florida
Name: Claudia Cayne
AVSC Member Since: 2010 - Board Member 2011-2015.
AVSC Member Since: 2010 - Board Member 2011-2015.
Certification Level: Open Water Diver
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NAME: Erik Anderson
AVSC Member Since: 2014
NABS Membership:
Certification Level: Advanced Open Water
Other Training: Drysuit, Enriched Air
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Name: Nguyen Cespedes
AVSC Member Since: 2010
AVSC Member Since: 2010
Certification Level: Open Water Diver
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Name: Charles Davidson
AVSC Member Since: 2008 - Bd. Member 2011-2013
AVSC Member Since: 2008 - Bd. Member 2011-2013
Certification Level: PADI Rescue Diver
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Name: Judy Berhannan
AVSC Member Si:nce 1998, Board Member 2002-2010, Diver of the Year 2004, club secretary 2007 - 2009. Board Member 2013 - 2015.
Certification Level: Advanced Open Water
Other Training: Nitrox Certification
Interest: dancing, walking, skiing, and cooking.
Favorite Dives: Best experiences have been on the AquaCat trip in the Outer Bahamas, Shark Dive, Blue Hole and shore dives in Bonaire. I loved the ease of diving in those locations.
Name: Norman Berhannan
AVSC Member Since: September 1998, Diver of the Year 2000, board member 2001-2010, AVSC President 2003-05, AVSC President 2007-2010, 2013 - 2015.
Certification Level: Instructor
Other Training: Rescue Diver, Divemaster, Water Safety Instructor (WSI)
EFR Instructor EAN/Nitrox
Interest: Certified in 1972 and has logged over 1000 dives in the North Atlantic, Pacific, and Carribean. He has worked as a commercial and research diver and enjoys night diving, wrecks, spearfishing, and searching for artifacts.
Favorite Dives: Florida, North Carolina, Ontario, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Shinnecock Inlet
NAME: Melvin L. Betty
AVSC Member Since: March 2000; Most Improved Diver Awardee 2003; Board Member 2007-2010; Diver Of The Year Awardee 2007; WebMaster 2007-Present
Certification Level: PADI Rescue Diver
Other Training: DAN Certified CPR/AED, O2 Provider, First Aid and Emergency First Responder. TDI Certified Enriched Air diver
Interest: Improve diving and underwater photography skills, and travel to dive destinations around the world.
Favorite Dives: Warm water i.e, Florida Keys, Grand Bahamas & Exuma Islands, Grand Cayman, Bonaire, Turks and Caicos, St. Maarten, Saba, St. Vincent, Belize and Roatan Honduras.
Name: Zelda M. Betty
AVSC Member Since: 2000
Certification Level: Non Diver
Interest: Cooking, reading, gardening, supporting AVSC projects and enjoying the ocean... from the beach
Name: Karry Ballard
AVSC Member Since: 2012
Certification Level: Open Water Diver
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Name: Robert D. Branch Jr.
AVSC Member Since: 2011
Certification Level: Instructor
Other Training: EFR Instructor, Navigation, Search/Recovery, Night Diving, Wreck diving and Deep Diving
Interest: Hunting, Fishing, Swimming and Tennis
Favorite Dives: Balicasag, Bohol, Philippines
Name: Gerry Chumiso Brown
AVSC Member Since: 2009 - Club Secretary 2011-2015,
AVSC Member Since: 2009 - Club Secretary 2011-2015,
NABS Member Since: 2009
Certification Level: PADI Rescue Diver
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Interest: Tennis
Favorite Dives: Belize, Bonaire and Cozumel
NAME: Ivan Donovan
AVSC Member Since: October 2002; Board Member 2002-2005; Vice President 2005-2010; President 2011-2013; Service Awardee 2004 & 2008; President's Award 2005 & 2009; Photographer of the Year 2009; Club Advocate 2010
NABS Membership: Lifetime Member
Certificatio:n Level PADI Rescue Diver
Other Training: Nitrox, Wreck and CPR/AED
Interest: Photography, travel, music, mastering the computer and chess
Favorite Dives: My favorite dive is the wreck of the Thistlegorm in the Red Sea. I also love drift diving in Cancun, Hawaii and Curacao
Name: Bob Ferguson
AVSC Member Since: 2010
Certification Level: PADI Open Water Diver
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Name: Christine Ferguson
AVSC Member Since: November 2013
Certification Level: Non Diver
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Name: Christopher Ferguson
AVSC Member Since: November 2013
Certification Level: PADI Open Water Diver
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AVSC Member Since: November 2013
Certification Level: PADI Open Water Diver
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Name: Tyrone Jenkins
AVSC Member Since: 2013
Certification Level: PADI Advance Open Water
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Name: Patrick John
AVSC Member Since: 2014
AVSC Member Since: 2014
Certification Level: Open Water
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Name: Carlyle John
AVSC Member Since: 2014
Certification Level: Open Water
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AVSC Member Since: 2014
Certification Level: Open Water
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Name: Terry Klug
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Name: John Lococo
AVSC Member Since: August 2013
AVSC Member Since: August 2013
Certification Level: PADI Instructor
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Name: Deborah Landers
AVSC Member Since: June 2005
AVSC Member Since: June 2005
Certification Level: Open Water
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