John
VanDerVoorn
John is a PADI Staff instructor and Master Instructor. He
began diving in 1966, received his PADI instructor certification in
1974, and started Aqua Diving School in 1975. John teaches numerous
specialties. He is an Emergency First Responder Instructor and an
EFR Instructor Trainer (John can certify students to become EFR
instructors!). He was
a Red Cross WSI instructor. John is former chemistry professor at
Illinois Central College and now teaches the scuba classes offered
by ICC, as well as offering the class for Bradley students and faculty
through their IM program. John has taught more people to scuba dive
than anyone in the area. John has traveled throughout the Caribbean
and the Pacific for over 30 years. He is a certified travel expert
for the Far Pacific including Bali, Truk, Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and Australia.
John loves to guide trips to these exotic locations. |
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| Lauri
VanDerVoorn
PADI Instructor since 1983. John's wife and favorite dive buddy |
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Amy
VanDerVoorn
John's daughter, store employee. Divemaster and John's
other favorite dive buddy |
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| Suzanne
Roth
John's daughter, store employee, divemaster, and bookkeeper |
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Ed
McKenzie
PADI Master instructor. Instructor for five years and is a Venture
Crew staff member. Specialties: Dry Suit, Nitrox, Wreck. Ed just
completed dive #1500 and has certified 200 students. |
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Chris
Pray Divemaster, new repair technician, and store employee. |
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Fred Leuallen
Instructor. Fred has been an instructor for two years. He has been
diving with us for ten years. |
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Bob Harkless
Store employee, divemaster, repair technician for 3 years. |
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Jeff Sutton Store employee, repair technician,
instructor in First Aid and CPR.
Ryan
Pray Congratulations to Ryan, our newest
instructor. Ryan who is a teacher by profession is
also available to teach classes in the Bloomington area.
Mark
Matthews |
| PADI Assistant Instructor who leads most of our Florida
trips. Mark has commercial dive experience and is very familiar
with the wrecks near Key Largo. |
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Chris Sanders
Assistant Instructor and is part of the Venture Crew staff. |
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Rick
Farmer
PADI Assistant Instructor and repair technician emeritus. Rick has
20 years of repair experience and is available for consultation and
repair instruction. |
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| Bill
Jones
Instructor Emeritus and Admiral, and store employee. |
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| Assistant
instructors in training: Ed Mann, Brett Vonderheite, Chris
Pray, Marti Ruelas. |