Meet Our Team in Omaha, NE

Store Director
Independent Assistant Instructor & Lifeguard Instructor

Despite being from the Midwest, Patrick has been around water all his life. Patrick started his aquatic journey by joining a swim team at the age of 6. He later became a lifeguard, swim instructor, state swimmer in high school, and now an adamant scuba diver. Patrick taught his kids to swim as toddlers and is a firm believer in “safety first”!

Patrick started his Diventures journey as a customer and after getting a taste for diving, Patrick and his wife quickly got certified in Cozumel and discovered a NEW PASSION for scuba and ocean conservation. Patrick loves to share what he has learned with others and is excited about the opportunity to help new and existing customers.

“As a customer of Diventures, I saw that the people here are honest, genuine, and really love what they do. I had to be a part of that. I jumped at the opportunity to be involved with a company whose mission is to improve the world and enrich people’s lives through knowledge and skillset.”

Email: [email protected]

Scuba Experience Manager
Independent Open Water Diver Instructor

Being from WI, the ocean was not always Nicole’s friend. After spending some time in Okinawa, Japan, she embraced the underwater world and conquered her fears. She quickly became obsessed and decided to help others do the same by becoming an open water scuba instructor. Her passion is scuba and she is absolutely thrilled to have found a midwest scuba family at Diventures. She is a level 5 diver hoping to eventually get into extended range diving.

Phone: 402.933.6215
Email: [email protected]

Aquatics Experience Manager

Jules started as a Swim Instructor and Retail Associate at our Springfield location in 2019 and is excited to embrace her new role in the Diventures Family. With over a decade of aquatics experience, Jules has a wealth of knowledge from waterfront lifeguarding, swim and lifeguard instruction, and holds an Open Water Diver Certification through SSI. As someone who grew up on a lake, she is passionate about water safety and prides herself on her ability to teach all ages about the importance of mindfulness around aquatic environments.

Email: [email protected]

Aquatics Experience Lead
Deck Manager & Swim Teacher

Delaney started her Diventures journey as a swim student! She later returned to become a swim teacher and has been a vital member of our Omaha swim program for over eight years. Delaney loves working with all our swim students and their families. Her favorite part about working in our swim program is seeing students progress throughout our levels.

Phone: 402.933.6251

Aquatics Experience Lead

Dustin has been with Diventures for almost two years. He is a well-respected leader and is loved by all of his swim families. We are glad to have Dustin a part of our team!

Service Technician

Caleb is a ADCI certified Commercial Diver/Tender and a AWS certified Combo Welder. He mostly worked in the industrial/aerospace welding industry for Boeing with the NASA SLS (Space Launch System) in New Orleans. Caleb had lots of time on the water in the Gulf of Mexico working on dive support vessels with Oceaneering for Chevfron, ENI, Shell, and BP. He moved back to Omaha to be closer to family and is happy to have found a dive shop in Nebraska.

Phone: 402.590.3784
Email: [email protected]

Aquatics Experience Lead

Conner grew up around water and joined his first swim team at the age of six. Since then, he has been a competitive swimmer through high school and has worked as a lifeguard and swim instructor at various locations over the years. He has a passion for aquatics and hopes to inspire as many people as possible to be safe and have fun in and around the water.

Service Technician

Joe’s been diving 2-3 times a year for the past 11 years, and is just short of 200 dives. Recently, he has slowed down on his diving, as he has been devoting more time and care for aging parents. His career for 45 years has been in Information Technology, where he attained the position of IT Director, from which he recently retired. Joe also has an education in HVAC systems, and does some work for family and friends.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Service Technician
Independent Open Water Diver Instructor

Ryan joined the Diventures family in 2018. He is a US Navy veteran, a public safety diver, and a member of the Omaha Fire Department. With a strong passion for diving, he loves helping others learn more about diving and advancing their skills to become great divers!

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Customer Experience Specialist

Andrew is a Master Diver on his way to becoming a Dive Master and eventually an instructor. He enjoys all things technical about diving and is glad to talk your ear off about the specifics on certain gear items. Andrew is a Flight Paramedic for his full time job, so safety is also his number one priority and wants to help you have a fun but safe journey under the water!

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Customer Experience Specialist
Open Water Diver

Duane grew up watching Jacque Cousteau’s TV specials and fell in love with the ocean as a kid in Monterey, California where his father was stationed in the army. Later in life Duane completed a bucket list item and completed his open water certification at Diventures. He has almost completed his Advanced open water scuba certification and hopes to reach Master Diver very soon. He also plans to go on as many Diventure dive trips as possible.

Email: [email protected]

Customer Experience Specialst

Thayne is an aspiring marine biologist, and after taking a Try Scuba class at Diventures, he is enthusiastic about expanding his scuba experiences. He has a passion for learning everything there is to know about our oceans and exploring all of their unknowns. If possible, he would spend more time in the water than on land—but since that isn’t possible (yet), he has joined the Diventures team to help others fall in love with diving and learn about the importance of the oceans to our planet.

Email: [email protected]

Swim Teacher
Deck Manager

I was a youth sports coach and I love the water. I get to blend the two when I teach.

Phone: 402.933.6251

Swim Teacher

Gabby loves to be in the water. She loves traveling to the ocean to explore marine life! Gabby also enjoys teaching all levels but mostly baby classes! In her free time Gabby cheers in college and coaches high school cheer.

Swim Teacher

Swimming is an invaluable lifelong skill, and Keira has found great joy in teaching it. Her favorite classes so far have been with children aged 2-4, as they are often full of excitement and enthusiasm for swimming. She especially loves witnessing the happiness and pride of both the children and their parents when a new skill is mastered.

Swim Instructor

Lauren has always had a passion for swim instruction. She’s been a swimmer for over ten years, and an instructor for four years. She loves seeing her students grow and improve their skills in the water.

Swim Teacher

Bio coming soon.

Independent Instructor Trainer
Independent Extended Range Instructor

Chad has been diving since 2002 and shares his passion with his family. His wife is an Advanced Open Water Instructor and his son is an Advanced Open Water Diver. Chad is a level 9 diver and teaches a variety of classes and specialties. With a goal of diving all seven continents, he loves finding new dive destinations.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Swim Teacher

Chloe has been in the water since she was little and loves kayaking as a pastime. She was a summer camp counselor and loves teaching kids all sorts of topics, especially swimming and water sports. She loves the theatre, photography, and graduated as a film major from MCC.

Independent Assistant Instructor Trainer
Independent Classified Diving Instructor Trainer

Dave learned to dive in 1985 while stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Previously a PADI rescue diver, Dave currently teaches a variety of SSI specialties and is a level 8 diver. With his own photography business, he has a real passion for teaching Underwater Photography. As a Classified Instructor Trainer,  Dave can teach scuba instructors to become classified instructors, dive pro’s to be classified dive pros, able-bodied divers to be classified buddies, and divers with adaptive needs the joy of scuba diving and to become classified divers.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Independent Instructor Trainer
Independent Extended Range (XR) Trimix Instructor

After serving 25 years in the Air Force as an instructor pilot and jumpmaster, I have a real passion for teaching and I enjoy helping people increase their confidence and ability in an activity that can be a bit outside their comfort level. I am a level 8 diver and love to help people experience the thrill of diving on their own.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Independent Open Water Diver Instructor

Devin began diving in 2003 and has taught scuba diving in New Mexico and Virginia in his time as a dive professional. Originally from Kansas, Devin has travelled the world as an U.S Army Aviation officer and Operations Research analyst for the last 16 years. In his free time he enjoys hiking with his dog, flying, and riding his motorcycles.

Phone: 402.933.6251

Independent Open Water Diver Instructor

Doug has been diving since 2012 and is a level 6 diver. He has travelled throughout the Caribbean experiencing different reef systems and cultures. Doug is also a Physical Therapist and loves to share his love for the ocean with his patients and others.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Independent Dive Professional

Doug first started the fantastic hobby of scuba diving in 2019, and it quickly grew into a passion. Now a Level 5 diver, he never passes up an opportunity to explore the underwater world.  Doug is a volunteer penguin diver at the Omaha Zoo and an active member of the Landlocked Scuba Club.

Independent Instructor

Forrest is a Level 8 diver and seasoned rescue diver who has spent the past four years on a professional rescue team in Iowa. He’s certified to teach divers at all levels, from beginners to advanced students. Forrest’s passion for diving has taken him across the U.S. and Canada, where he continues to explore and share his love for the underwater world.

Independent Instructor Certifier

Frank has been diving since the 60’s with dive experiences across the world. Certified as an instructor in 1975, he has the distinction of being a Course Director Emeritus with NAUI, an Instructor for the elite SSI Platinum Pro 5000, an SSI Instructor Certifier and level 10 diver. His knowledge, demeanor and expertise make him an excellent instructor and a great dive buddy.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Independent Assistant Instructor

Jim is an SSI Level 7 diver who has been diving since the 1980s, exploring dive sites around the world—from crystal-clear oceans to muddy Midwestern lakes. He is also an experienced photographer, both above and below the water, and enjoys sharing his photographic expertise with others. Jim looks forward to using his experience to help others discover and deepen their love for diving.

Independent Advanced Open Water Diver Instructor

Janna has been diving since 1995 when she learned in the pool on the backlot tour at Walt Disney World. She’s been an instructor since 2012, is a level 7 diver, has a deep interest in marine life and loves teaching Fish ID.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Independent Assistant Instructor

Jerrold spends his weekdays shaping young minds as a middle school teacher and his weekends exploring the depths of quarries, lakes, and caverns throughout the Midwest as an Assistant Instructor and the head of the Landlocked Chapter of the Diventures Scuba Club. He took his first breaths underwater in New Zealand in 2013 and has been diving ever since. He is a level 8 diver with an ambitious goal of diving in all fifty states. Jerrold is already more than halfway there; exploring the hidden depths of America’s waters one state at a time. His favorite specialties to teach are Try Scubas, Photography and Video, ecology courses, and the unique art of Underwater Pumpkin Carving. Whether in the classroom or beneath the surface, he thrives on discovery and sharing his love for adventure.

Independent Divemaster

Since he was a boy of 8, living on the shores of North Carolina, watching the scuba divers, Keith has always wanted to swim with the fishes. It only took him 40 years and a move to Nebraska to do just that. He has been diving since 2015, is a level 5 diver, and very active in the Landlocked Scuba Club. When not underwater Keith can be found working with children as a Kid’s Pastor at a local church, riding his motorcycle or hanging with family and friends on his back porch.

Phone: 402.933.6251

Open Water Diver Instructor

I am an avid diver that dives in cold and warm water — anywhere — any time. I am a level 6 diver and a technical diver certified in deco diving in OC and CC.

Phone: 402.933.6251

Independent Dive Professional

Kevin became certified by Diventures in 2017, and became a dive professional in 2019. He is currently I’m a Level 6 diver. Kevin’s favorite dives are wreck and wall dives. From corals reefs to quarries, Great Lakes to the Caribbean, Kevin wants to dive it all. 

Customer Experience Specialist

Kevin was scuba certified in 2010 and is now a level 5 diver. When he isn’t at the shop or diving, he can be found participating in triathlons. Kevin loves all things water!

Email: [email protected]

Independent Advanced Open Water Diver Instructor

Marty has been diving since 2005, has been an Instructor since 2012 and has over 500 dives. His dive experience includes the Caribbean and Pacific Islands. He’s also a a Rebreather Instructor and certified to teach a wide variety of specialty courses.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Independent Open Water Diver Instructor

Bio coming soon.

Phone: 402.933.6251

Dive Pro

Bio Coming Soon!

Independent Advanced Open Water Diver Instructor

Mike has been diving since the 70s while in college. His military career provided opportunities to dive around the world. With an undergrad degree in Environmental Science, and a master’s degree in Aerospace Sciences, he loves both flying and diving. Mike’s passion while diving is searching for artifacts and fossils in the rivers and shallow surf off the southeast United States. Mike is a level 9 diver.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Independent Open Water Instructor

Nina shares Diventures vision of creating safety and fun in and around the water. In her youth, Nina was a lifeguard and certified Red Cross Water Safety Instructor. She began scuba diving in 2017 and was hooked after seeing firsthand the beauty and serenity of the world beneath the ocean’s surface. Nina enjoys providing others with the skills and knowledge required to experience all the underwater world has to offer.  Leading Diventures trips allows Nina an opportunity to expand her “scuba family” and witness the excitement on the faces of newly certified divers. Nina is a level 6 diver and an Open Water Instructor.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Independent Instructor Trainer

Pat has been diving since the 70’s. As a level 10 diver with over 5,440 dives, Pat has an incredible depth of knowledge in several subjects such as SCUBA Diving, Marine Biology, First Aid, H2O Rescue and Dive Travel. He is a certified Instructor Trainer and teaches multiple specialty classes including Marine Ecology and DAN first Aid. Pat also played a vital role in helping create the Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo Academy where taught zoology and anatomy for several years, before recently retiring. In his free time since retirement, Pat teaches Marine Ecology classes and DAN first Aid classes at Diventures. If you stop by Diventures, please pop your head in the scuba shop and say hello.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]

Independent Assistant Instructor

Paula was certified as an Open Water Diver in 2020 with Diventures and has traveled to many incredible destinations since then—including Bonaire, Cozumel, Cancun, Key West, Roatan, the Philippines, and Belize—with many more to come! She is a Level 5 diver and an Independent Assistant Instructor, with her sights set on becoming a full Instructor soon. Paula has a passion for sharing her love of the ocean and its animals. As an avid photographer, she especially enjoys capturing stunning shots of the tiniest underwater creatures.

Email: [email protected]

Independent Assistant Instructor

Robert was certified as an Open Water Diver in 1993 and is currently a level 6 diver. Over the past few years, he has been working his way up the Dive Pro ranks and will become an Open Water Diver Instructor in the Summer of 2023. Robert enjoys sharing his passion for diving with new students and especially enjoys seeing new divers experience their first ocean dive.

Independent Open Water Instructor

Stacie feels fortunate to have two passions she enjoys sharing with others: piano and scuba diving. She have been diving since 1993 and is a Level 8 diver. She is a committed teacher who looks forward to sharing the joy and passion of scuba diving with those who are interested. As a faculty member at the University of Omaha Nebraska School of Music, she looks forward to working with students who are enrolled in the scuba diving course at UNO. Stacie hopes your journey to explore the underwater world brings you as much happiness as it does for her.

Phone: 402.981.1867

Divemaster

Tammy first discovered scuba diving in 2022 and quickly fell in love with it. Three months later she was open water certified. Tammy enjoys Landlocked Scuba Club events and traveling to new places to dive and explore.

Independent Divemaster Instructor

TC got certified in 2018, followed soon after by his two kids at 11 and 12 years of age. Some of his best memories are sharing the magic of the underwater world with his family. With the kids now grown and leaving the nest, TC enjoys helping new divers experience the awe-inspiring beauty of life below the surface for the first time. He loves to travel, exploring different cultures and environments, and believes the more of the world we see, the better we can understand and appreciate it.

Phone: 402.933.6251
Email: [email protected]