Meet Our Team in Lexington, KY

Area Director

Although Chelsea has been diving since 2007, she has been involved in the scuba industry her entire life with her parents owning and operating SeaVentures for 31 years. After receiving her Business degree while playing collegiate volleyball, she explored her passion for working in bakeries. However, she found herself back at the family business pursuing her dive professional certifications and eventually worked her way through most of the swim, scuba, and marketing roles then into management. Since becoming a dive pro and running the Alpharetta location, she has traveled the world sharing her passion and excitement for the underwater world and visited amazing places like Bonaire where she even attended kids camp growing up each summer to Galapagos with the most advanced and incredible diving yet. She loves to teach and grow open water students into great divers and loves the opportunity to travel to new places making memories and sharing experiences with you!

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Store Director

Charlynn has dedicated her career to scuba diving, with decades of experience in instruction, operations, and leading trips around the world. She owned and operated Gone Diving in Bellingham, Washington, for nearly 20 years, where she trained countless divers and built a thriving dive community. Passionate about helping others gain confidence underwater, she loves creating memorable experiences through education and adventure. Outside of diving, Charlynn enjoys martial arts, fitness training, and exploring new destinations above and below the surface.

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Independent Open Water Diver Instructor
Level 7 Diver

Allen started diving in his 40s. After getting certified, he traveled the Caribbean diving the different islands and loved every minute of it. In 2018 he took the next step and became a Dive Pro. Today he is an Open Water Instructor, Level 7 Diver, trip leader, and an equipment technician. His goal is to help others experience the same love and respect for the water that he has in a safe fun way.

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Independent Dive Professional

Beth has been diving since 2014 and loves that it has taken her on adventures all around the world! Her husband is also a dive professional, so they thoroughly enjoy the sport together. She has logged over 200 dives and looks forward to many more with her students.

Swim Teacher
Independent Open Water Diver Instructor

Beth knew she wanted to be a scuba diver when she was just four years old after seeing the diver down flags at her local lake growing up. As she got older, she didn’t know if it would ever be a possibility, but her life absolutely changed in 2017 when she met the owners of New Horizons Diving.  she took her first breath underwater at the pool she managed and she was absolutely hooked. Since then, she’s completed almost 300 dives, become an Open Water Instructor, and has made life-long bonds with her dive buddies. her favorite type of diving is anything involving sharks, wrecks, or caverns!

Phone: 859.277.1234
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Independent Open Water Diver Instructor

Brad was certified as a junior open water diver in 2000 at the age of 15 and was immediately hooked. The more dives he made, the more it became his passion to share the unique experience of the underwater world with others! He became an open water instructor in 2015. He finds joy in seeing the expression on everyone’s face as they experience breathing underwater for the very first time. Brad looks forward to being able to work with even more future divers at Diventures!

Scuba Experience Lead

Britinee joined Diventures in June of last year as a full-time Customer Experience Specialist and has quickly become a standout member of our team. Her enthusiasm, strong diving knowledge, and upbeat energy make every guest experience exceptional. She’s also beginning her dive professional journey, and we’re excited to see where scuba takes her next!

Independent Divemaster

Butch has been diving since 2014. He started diving because he was interested in aquatics and adventure. He continued through the recreational levels of certification with an interest and desire to assist others. Butch became a Divemaster to help others and improve their skills.

Phone: 859.621.5160

Independent Dive Professional

Inspired by the underwater world of Jacques Cousteau, Charlie was originally certified to dive as a teenager. Following college, he joined the Air Force and had to suspend diving opportunities for a number of years. He was recertified eight years ago with New Horizons Diving. Since in the Air Force he was a classroom and Flightline Instructor, becoming a Dive Pro was a natural transition. He enjoys all types of diving from wreck diving to photography. Working with Diventures coupled with the SSI dive philosophy, he’s found the best way to dive, teach and see the world!

Independent Open Water Diver Instructor

Chris began diving in a Berea College class in Berea, Kentucky, and had the amazing opportunity to complete his open water training dives on a study abroad trip to Utilia, Honduras. Now, he enjoys being an Open Water Instructor and passing along the joy of diving to others. His favorite diving is Caribbean diving, followed by the opposite — cold, dark lake diving. He continues to work for Diventures because it is a good group of like-minded people that are working toward the same goal of teaching others to dive and enjoy the water safely.

Customer Experience Specialist

Clare has worked at New Horizons/Diventures since 1993 and has loved every minute. Diving has opened up a whole new world of adventure for her. Clare believes diving is a wonderful way to make new friends and travel the world. She has been traveling to Little Cayman since the resort first opened in 1995 and it’s still one of her favorite trips.

Independent Advanced Open Water Instructor

Drew has been diving since 2014 and has been teaching since teaching since 2021. He also like to spearfish and drysuit diving in the Great Lakes. Leading trips to warm tropical place is also high on his list of scuba enjoyment.

Phone: 859.277.1234

Independent Assistant Instructor

Ethan has been diving since 2015. He is a level 6 diver and has been a dive pro for 5 years. As a former swimmer, lifeguard, swim instructor, and pool manager, Ethan has spent plenty of time on the water and is always looking for his next trip!

Phone: 859.277.1234

Independent Divemaster Instructor

Gary started diving during the Spring of 2007. His first dive trip was to Hawaii and then the Galapagos where he discovered his passion for diving. He was so impressed with diving that he partnered with a colleague to teach a Coral Reef Ecosystems course in Utila, Honduras in January 2009. Gary completed his instructor’s certification in 2010. He enjoys working with beginning divers and underwater photography students. Diventures Lexington helps him keep up to date with the latest and greatest in diving. He also finds that being a member of such a diverse group provides exposure and resources to all things diving.

Independent Open Water Instructor

My first job at age 17 was at my local swimming pool, and I’ve enjoyed working around water ever since! I became a diver in 2008 and worked my way to becoming a professional in 2015. Scuba is such an important part of my life. I even proposed to my now wife at the dive shop, where she is also a dive professional.

Independent Assistant Instructor

After Jim became certified, he was absolutely hooked! Since he has a natural itch to teach people about things he enjoys doing, becoming an Assistant Instructor was a natural progression. He thinks it’s always fun to watch people take those first “baby steps” into diving and be reminded of how awesome it felt when he first started. If Jim had to decide his favorite type of diving, it would be multi-gas tec diving in the Florida Keys, ocean reef photography, or cold water drysuit diving. He is happy to be a part of a close-knit team of trusted and experienced divers that always push for safety, quality and fun with students. He looks forward to an even more expanded team with which to share experiences and ideas in the future.

Independent Open Water Diver Instructor

Independent Assistant Instructor

Kerry has been diving since 1992 and started his dive pro journey in 1996. His favorite place to dive is the caves of north Florida. He says that it’s the most relaxing and intensely focused diving imaginable. Kerry enjoys assisting fellow divers of all levels. He thinks a good diver is always learning!

Independent Assistant Instructor Trainer

Growing up in Arizona, Lou did not get a lot of chances to dive. But when he was 14 years old he became certified at scout camp in the Florida Keys. After that, he earned more recreational certifications each year during vacations until he turned 18 and became a professional. As a professional, Lou worked as a scuba instructor in Florida and California for several years. Eventually, he earned a 50-ton Masters (Captains) license and managed a scuba diving charter in San Diego. Lou is an SSI level 9 diver and has instructed hundreds of students since 2005 on all aspects of diving. He loves inspiring confidence and teaching students self-reliance. He enjoys confined pool classes for new divers just as much as training fellow dive professionals.

Phone: 859.277.1234
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Independent Open Water Diver Instructor

Nathan began his diving journey in 2012 through a scuba course at the University of Kentucky. After a bit of a hiatus, he renewed his passion for diving in 2018 through a Scuba Skills Update class with New Horizons. He began his professional journey about a year later and is now an Open Water Instructor.  His favorite type of diving is anything dark and spooky, especially the bottom of lakes and quarries. He also hopes to become a cave diver and show his students how amazing the underwater world can be.

Independent Divemaster Instructor

Randy is a level 8 diver who began scuba diving in 1988, logging dives in Aruba, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, the Cayman Islands, Cozumel, St. Martin, St. Croix, Roatan, Turks & Caicos, and inland and coastal waters throughout the United States. He is certified as a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and SSI Divemaster Instructor, and also is a former faculty advisor to the Northern Kentucky University Scuba Club. Randy enjoys working with beginning divers, and also teaching specialties such as drift diving, deep diving, wreck diving, and underwater photography and videography.

Independent Assistant Instructor

Sally began her dive journey when a friend asked her to learn to dive with her, and she said ‘why not!'” She had always been fascinated with fish! Now, years later, she is an Assistant Instructor with Diventures and loves helping divers learn new skills. Sally loves seeing the “I’ve got it!” lightbulb. Her favorite type of diving is “muck” diving where she can find the little creatures. She works for Diventures to continue to see diver development and promote her local dive shop!

Independent Divemaster

I received my open water certification in 2001 and my Divemaster certification in 2007. I enjoy helping student divers, as well as certified divers, attain skills towards their scuba goals. I initially achieved my certification to dive the reservoirs in Berea, KY with my work as a water plant operator where I helped install a platform in one of the Berea college reservoirs. I’ve enjoyed diving in Florida, the coast of Panama City, Cancun, Cenotes, Bonaire, and Hawaii. I especially enjoyed the Manta Ray night dive off the big island of Hawaii.

Phone: 859.277.1234

Independent Instructor Trainer