Staff

Pro Team

Course Directors

Everette Ingram- Gold Course Director

Everette Ingram- Gold Course Director

Have passport will travel! Whenever Everette is not at the dive center, there is a good chance he is somewhere exploring the world. One of his goals is to visit every country on the planet and has logged frequent flyer miles and dives in some of the famous and most obscure places imaginable. As a birthday present over 30 years ago, he was certified by a fraternity brother and began diving in the Red Sea. Ultimately he quickly rose through the ranks as an explorer, advocating for the underwater world, and achieved the rating of PADI Course Director developing the careers of other PADI pros on several continents. 

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Instructors

Sheldon Bender- IDC Staff Instructor

Sheldon Bender- IDC Staff Instructor

Like many of his generation, Sheldon Bender was drawn to diving as an 8 year old sitting front of a black and white television fascinated by the adventures of Mike Nelson in the iconic weekly television series “Sea Hunt”

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Rachel Benway- IDC Staff Instructor

Rachel Benway- IDC Staff Instructor

My first dive was a Discover Scuba dive in March of 2017 while on vacation in Jamaica.  I liked it so much that I went again the next day!  That summer I earned my open water scuba diver certification with Blue Crew Divers at Dutch Springs.  Each year since I've continued to expand my diving education with specialties and travel.  I became an Open Water Scuba Instructor in August of 2020 and love introducing new divers to the beauty and fun underwater.  I also help train new instructors in my role as IDC Staff Instructor.

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Jim Brown- Master Scuba Diver Trainer

Jim Brown- Master Scuba Diver Trainer

I have always loved the water and the ocean in particular, it's my happy place. I was able to try through Discover Scuba at resorts, but 2009 offered me the opportunity to really get involved with it and I haven’t slowed down since.


 

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Damian Demnicki - IDC Staff Instructor

Damian Demnicki - IDC Staff Instructor

I started diving in college in 1989, when I needed a PE credit. I had always love the water and always wanted to try SCUBA diving. I instantly fell in love. I dove on and off over the years but life got in the way. Eventually, my three sons got old enough to become my permanent dive buddies so I decided to go all the way. As a music educator, I love sharing my passion for music. It made sense to go the professional path of PADI and share my passion for diving as well and advanced to level of PADI Staff Instructor. Many years later, I still wish I could be under the water every day. 

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Joe Leary- Specialty Instructor

Joe Leary- Specialty Instructor

Scuba Diving is something that I have always interested in trying, while on vacation in Mexico I had a huge fail on a try dive experience.  A year later my son went on vacation to Mexico with his grandparents. Upon his return he would not stop talking about his scuba diving experience in the pool.  After learning that he could not get certified until he turned ten. I promised him that when he was old enough to take the course, I would pay for his certification. When he turned ten our new adventure began. My son and his Godfather and I (dive buddies) began our adventure into the world of scuba diving. 

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Kathryn Stoltzfus- IDC Staff Instructor

Kathryn Stoltzfus- IDC Staff Instructor

I started my underwater adventures in Australia learning to dive on the Great Barrier Reef. My first day on the bottom of the pool I knew this was where I was supposed to be. For many years after this I just did a few resort dives, but in 2016 I was re-introduced back into the sport.

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Annie Zanolli- Specialty Instructor

Annie Zanolli- Specialty Instructor

I first fell in love with the ocean as a teenager living in Hawaii. Never content to sit on the beach, I learned to free dive and surf and spent as much time in the water as possible. 

After becoming a certified open water diver in 1996, I immediately invested in all of my own gear and started my path to becoming a Divemaster. I was in college studying Marine Biology in the Pacific Northwest so most of my diving was in the chilly but beautiful waters off the coast of Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Colombia. A lot of people think about diving tropical reefs, never realizing how much colorful life and biodiversity you see when exploring a kelp forest! 
 

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Janet Trader- Assistant Instructor

Janet Trader- Assistant Instructor

I was a late bloomer to scuba but caught on very quickly. My scuba journey began at Sandals Montego Bay on Nov 17, 2012 receiving my Scuba Diver Certification. This erupted an extreme desire and excitement to learn more. Two weeks later I was back at Sandals Montego Bay for work and decided to complete my Open Water and Advanced Open Water Certifications. I completed these Dec 18 and 21, 2012. 


 

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