Southern Indiana Scuba - A 5 Star PADI Dive Center

Store Staff

Mark Brooks	Manager/Vice-president of Southern Indiana Scuba, PADI Master Instructor, SSI Master Instructor (inactive), DAN Oxygen Instructor, PSI Cylinder Inspector, PCI Valve Repair Technician Instructor, Eddy Current Instructor, Oxygen Cylinder Clean Technician, Hydro Retester, Master Regulator Repair Technician, and Director of Training. "I have been involved with diving for over 20 years, seen many changes. I got hooked on scuba by watching Sea Hunt, Flipper, when they were not in re-runs. To this day, my greatest moments in diving is introducing a people to the underwater world. My favorite place to dive in the outer banks of Belize. It is the second largest barrier reef in the world, second only to Australia."
	Check out Mark's Staff Page

Kimberly Brooks	President of Southern Indiana Scuba, PADI Assistant Instructor, Sales Consultant, Trip Consultant. "I've been diving for over 20 years and have enjoyed many different dives. My favorite place to dive are the outer banks of Belize. I also enjoy diving Roatan, Honduras with Anthony's Key Resort. I certified a year after Mark and we've enjoyed diving together ever since." Check out Kimberly's Staff Page

James Barrow	Sales Consultant, Trip Consultant, PSI Certified Cylinder Inspector, Equipment Service

Debra Blessing	Sales Consultant, Trip Consultant, PSI Certified Cylinder Inspector, PADI Assistant Instructor Started diving in October 2003. "My favorite site is diving the Spiegel Grove wreck in Key Largo Florida. She is also a big fan of the local diving, sharing the dives and the fun times." Currently on temporary leave

Ryan Berner	Sales, Trip Consultant, PSI Certified Cylinder Inspector, Equipment, PADI Divemaster "I will have a degree in Marine Biology, a minor in Aquatics, and a certificate in Underwater Resource Management from IU in August of 2010. My most memorable dives were seeing the large clusters of Staghorn Coral off the coast of Bonaire. I also love saltwater fishing."

Nick Bussberg	He is a PADI Open Water Instructor, Sales Staff, currently studying biology at IU and am involved with the IU Academic Diving program, where he has done scientific diving in the Dominican Republic. "I have been diving since 2001, and two of my favorite dive sites are Rainbow River and the USS Oriskany"

Rick Powell	Sales Consultant, Trip Consultant, PSI Certified Cylinder Inspector, Equipment Service, PADI Assistant Instructor

Troy Sandy	Sales, Trip Consultant, PSI Certified Cylinder Inspector, Equipment, PADI Divemaster

Educational Staff

Mark Brooks	Manager/Owner of Southern Indiana Scuba, PADI Master Instructor, SSI Master Instructor (inactive), DAN Oxygen Instructor, PSI Cylinder Inspector, PCI Valve Repair Technician Instructor, Eddy Current Instructor, Oxygen Cylinder Clean Technician, Hydro Retester, Regulator Repair Trained, and Director of Training. "I have been involved with diving for over 20 years, seen many changes. I got hooked on scuba by watching Sea Hunt, Flipper, when they were not in re-runs. To this day, my greatest moments in diving is introducing a people to the underwater world. My favorite place to dive in the outer banks of Belize. It is the second largest barrier reef in the world, second only to Australia."

Patrick Bennett

Ted Berry	PADI MSDT Instructor, Sales Consultant, Trip Consultant Started diving July 2004, best diving to date: Texas Flower Gardens and/or Cenote diving in Mexico

Nick Bussberg	He is a PADI Open Water Instructor, Sales Staff, currently studying biology at IU and am involved with the IU Academic Diving program, where he has done scientific diving in the Dominican Republic. "I have been diving since 2001, and two of my favorite dive sites are Rainbow River and the USS Oriskany"

George Connolly	PADI MSDT Instructor, EFR,

Penny Jo McQueen	PADI MSDT Instructor,(Her busy schedules limits her availability)

Bill Perry	PADI MSDT Instructor Specialties: Dry suit, Night, Boat, Deep, DPV, Drift, Wreck, EANx Bill has been diving since 2004 and makes a habit of dragging his SCUBA gear along with him whenever he travels, whether it is to the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest or the warm clear waters of the Andaman Islands in India. He is always looking for new places to dive to make his 100+ dives per year quota so make sure to ask him where he has been lately! His absolute favorite dive spot is South Button Island in the Andaman Islands, but Half Moon Beach is a (somewhat distant) contender.

Cory Retherford	PADI OWSI Instructor and EFR Child and Adult Instructor Cory has been diving since 1995 and has a Bachelor’s of Arts in Underwater Archaeology and an Underwater Resource Management Certificate with an emphasis of study in resource management and conservation. You can get to know Cory better by visiting his family website at http://retherfords.com.

Assistant Instructors

Debra Blessing	Sales Consultant, Trip Consultant, PSI Certified Cylinder Inspector, PADI Assistant Instructor Started diving in October 2003. "My favorite site is diving the Spiegel Grove wreck in Key Largo Florida. She is also a big fan of the local diving, sharing the dives and the fun times." Currently on temporary leave

Perry Bovenschen	Perry is our dragon slayer, he is always patient and ready to assist any one over problems with diving.

Kimberly Brooks	President of Southern Indiana Scuba, PADI Assistant Instructor, Sales Consultant, Trip Consultant. "I've been diving for over 20 years and have enjoyed many different dives. My favorite place to dive are the outer banks of Belize. I also enjoy diving Roatan, Honduras with Anthony's Key Resort. I certified a year after Mark and we've enjoyed diving together ever since." Check out Kimberly's Staff Page

Sam Frushour	Since being certified in 1989 I have expanded my diving interests to wrecks in the Great Lakes and the caves of Missouri, Mexico, Florida, Kentucky and Indiana. Diving locally offers some good sites to learn and sharpen skills. There are so many places that offer interesting diving that a person can not run out of dive sites. Working with students is a great way to make new friends, learn more about teaching and keep dive skills sharp.

Jim Nelson	Assistant Instructor "Started skin diving Biscayne Bay, Cat Cay, Nassau, and the Exumas in the 50's. Started scuba in the Mediterranean 1964. Each dive site has its own beauty. The west coast of Dominica at 45 feet has hot thermal vents and a stunning mixture of colorful sea life and corals (some rising 6 feet above the sloping sea bed), it's a living garden. "

Chris Parks	Assistant Instructor "One summer in Cyprus, in 1999, I found myself with time to spare and decided to learn scuba diving. Eleven years and many courses and adventures later, this has become quite the habit. I enjoy a variety of diving including the kelp forests of California's Channel Islands, reefs in Florida, mines in Missouri and South Africa, caves of Florida and the Yucatan, and even some local Indiana quarries and spring caves. Time spent underwater is always time well spent!"

Rick Powell

Janice Rickert

James Smale

Stan Wasserman	Stan started diving in February 2007, taking many PADI classes through Southern Indiana Scuba with all the instructors He became an Assistant Instructor in 2009. He has been diving in Greece, California, and a bunch of places in the Caribbean. His current favorite dive spots are the big wrecks in the Florida Keys. Stan really enjoys helping scuba beginners get their feet wet! When he is not in the water, he is a faculty member at IU.

Staff Divemasters

Jeff Arionus

Robert Bastain

Ryan Berner	Sales, Trip Consultant, PSI Certified Cylinder Inspector, Equipment, PADI Divemaster "I will have a degree in Marine Biology, a minor in Aquatics, and a certificate in Underwater Resource Management from IU in August of 2010. My most memorable dives were seeing the large clusters of Staghorn Coral off the coast of Bonaire. I also love saltwater fishing."

Mark Gerwig

Troy Sandy

Bob Schippnick

Stephanie Whitaker

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We are proud of our staff of Instructors, Assistant Instructors, Divemasters, Travel Consultants, and Sales Staff. We understand that customer service is NUMBER ONE, so we pride our self on providing the best service. Take a minute and get to know the staff of Southern Indiana Scuba.