Meet Our Team in Memphis, TN

Area Director
Independent Assistant Instructor Trainer

Ryan’s love for diving and boating has kept him around water all his life. Here in the Midwest, Diventures makes it possible to experience everything the water has to offer. Ryan has been an integral part of our team for nearly a decade. As Area Director of our stores in Missouri and Iowa, Ryan enjoys building passionate teams, inspiring new dive professionals, and constantly making lifelong friends through our team and, most of all, our customers!

Phone: 417.883.5151
Email: [email protected]

Store Director
Divemaster

Alex has always loved the water and became a certified diver in 2019, beginning a journey that quickly grew into a passion for the underwater world. Alex enjoys sharing that passion with others while helping divers discover the adventure, excitement, and connection that comes with exploring beneath the surface. Always looking to continue learning and growing as a diver, Alex is expanding her skills through advanced diving opportunities, including extended range training.

Alex is a true lover of marine life and has a special fascination with octopuses, beluga whales, and the colorful world of nudibranchs. She enjoys sharing the wonder of the incredible creatures that make our oceans so unique.

Phone: 901.763.3483
Email: [email protected]

Customer Experience Manager
Independent Divemaster Instructor

Kelly has been diving since 1985 and began teaching in 1994. After taking a break from the sport, he returned in 2021 and joined Diventures in 2022. Now serving as the Scuba Experience Manager, Kelly is passionate about creating exceptional experiences for divers while helping students build confidence and discover the underwater world. He is also working toward becoming an Instructor Trainer.

Some of Kelly’s favorite dive destinations include the Florida Keys and the Caribbean, while Indonesia, the Philippines, Fiji, and Australia remain at the top of his dive bucket list. He loves introducing others to the incredible world of scuba because, as he likes to say, hovering in inner space is awesome!

Aquatics Experience Lead

Lisa has been teaching swim lessons for over 20 years and joined the Diventures team in October of 2023. She takes pride in seeing students of all ages surpass their own expectations. Lisa excels in helping people overcome their fears, fine tune their strokes to the highest level and everything in between. One of her greatest passions is sharing her love for the water with others.

Email: [email protected]

Swim Teacher

James takes pride in creating a positive, supportive learning environment where students can achieve their goals at their own pace. Whether introducing a beginner to the water or helping an experienced swimmer refine their skills, he is committed to making every lesson engaging, encouraging, and rewarding.

Swim Teacher
Independent Lifeguard & Independent Lifeguard Instructor Trainer

Lauren has been teaching swimming for over 32 years, beginning her journey as a swim instructor at just 12 years old. She is a certified Swim Instructor, Lifeguard, Lifeguard Instructor, and Water Safety Instructor with a lifelong passion for helping people build confidence and safety in the water. A competitive swimmer until the age of 25, Lauren enjoys teaching swimmers of all ages, from babies taking their first splash to adults learning new skills or gaining confidence in the water.

When she’s not at the pool, Lauren enjoys spending time with her dogs and expressing her creativity through art, which is also the focus of her college degree. She loves helping every swimmer reach their goals while making each lesson fun, encouraging, and rewarding.

Independent Open Water Instructor Trainer
Public Safety Dive Instructor

Hunter is a VERY busy fellow who has been in Fire, EMS, and Emergency Services most of his life and has a passion for anything to do with water. Hunter was also a recipient of the SSI Platinum Pro 5000 Award which is an elite-level accomplishment. Hunter says that diving has opened many doors for him in his time here on earth with opportunities, friendships, and exposure to things most can only dream of. Hunter is married to Madeline who says “ Water got us together, and water will keep us together!” He is pretty darn good in the kitchen as well.

Independent Divemaster Instructor
DAN Instructor

John also enjoys the amazingly calm world of freediving. When he’s not instructing at The Dive Shop, John practices medicine and participates in research focused on new cures for diseases such as cancer. John is also Gold 500 Diver, which reflects his passion not only for diving but also his love of sharing diving with new students as they too come to love the sport. One of John’s many favorite dive sites is the island of Saba, just a few miles off the coast of St. Martin.

Independent Assistant Instructor

John is currently working on his Assistant Instructor rating and you’ll find him helping out around the pool and on open water weekends. His ready smile and helpful hands are always appreciated. John’s diving has centered mostly around the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys and North Carolina.

Independent Master Instructor
Platinum 1000 Instructor

Keith Rochell is The Dive Shop’s Education Director and head of our service department. Keith also works with the Braden Fire Department’s Public Safety Diving Unit. His dive experience includes the Caribbean as well as the streams and rivers of the Mid-South. Keith includes Truk Lagoon and diving with great white sharks on his diving bucket list and you’ll often find him diving with his best buddy and wife, Lynette. His favorite dive is “the next one!”

Independent Open Water Instructor

Ken learned to dive in the days of disco, polyester shirts, and stacked heel shoes. He came back to diving in the late 1990’s after spending a bunch of time doing silly things like work and stuff. His favorite dive spots include Cozumel and Roatan and he can usually be found diving with his lovely wife Debra. Ken lives and breathes by the 80/80/80 rule. Just ask him!

Independent Advanced Open Water Instructor

In 2015, Patrick found the perfect escape from the grind of graduate school: SCUBA. He completed his Open Water certification but wasn’t satisfied, so a few semesters later, he began leading students through pool skills as an assistant. He joined The Dive Shop in 2018 before it became part of Diventures.

Now, as a Platinum Divemaster Instructor, he enjoys passing on his experience and knowledge to his students and hopes to become an Instructor Trainer. When you dive with him, he makes sure your experience is memorable and full of positive energy from start to finish.

His favorite dive spots include wreck dives in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, Cozumel, and Costa Rica. Whether it’s a cool quarry or an international adventure, he can’t wait to take that next plunge.

Independent Advanced Open Water Instructor

Randy, also known as “Mr. Lisa Collins”, is an Advanced Open Water Instructor. He has dived through the best of the lesser Antilles, most of the Gulf of Mexico, and with whale sharks in the Philippines. He’s known for his very simple dive plan of “I’m coming back”, and he’s most often quoted after a dive saying ” That was awesome, almost as great as my most favorite dive ever!” If you ask about that most favorite dive ever, Randy always breaks into a big smile and says ” My next one!”.

Independent Instructor Certifier & Platinum Pro Diver

After some 35 years of diving Randy is truly an “old salt” in the diving industry. His favorite places to dive include Indonesia, Palau, Fiji, the oil rigs off the Louisiana coast and almost any rock quarry, river or mud hole deep enough to put his face underwater. When he’s not diving, you’ll find him making music, food, or movies with his friends and family. Randy’s wife Marcia frequently accompanies him on dive trips and the two of them make up the Cajun contingent at The Dive Shop.

Independent Advanced Open Water Instructor

Steve “Chief” Bramlett is an Advanced Open Water Instructor and heads up the University of Mississippi Scuba Program. He began diving when cylinders were made of wood and snorkels were made of bamboo or as he so eloquently says “a full head of hair ago”. Chief came back to diving as a vocation after a wonderful and rewarding career as a police officer for the City of Oxford, MS. and has traveled the world diving with his favorite dive buddy and daughter, Blair. These days you’ll find him eating, sleeping, and breathing diving at The Dive Shop, Ole Miss or “anywhere there is vis”.