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NAME: Noel B. Anderson

AVSC Member Since:
March 1991

Certification Level: Dive Master

Other Training:

Interest:
Diving, Sailing, Tennis and Skiing

Favorite Dives: Red Sea, Cozumel and Belize

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Name:  Judy Berhannan

AVSC Member Since: 
1998,  Board Member 2002-04, Diver of the Year 2004, club secretary 2007

Certification Level:  Advanced Open Water

Other Training:  Nitrox Certification

Interest:  dancing, walking, skiing, and cooking.

Favorite Dives:  Best experiences have been on the AquaCat trip in the Outer Bahamas, Shark Dive,  Blue Hole and shore dives in Bonaire.  I loved the ease of diving in those locations.

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Name: Norman Berhannan

AVSC Member Since:
September 1998, Diver of the Year 2000, board member 2001-03, AVSC President 2003-05, AVSC President 2007-09

Certification Level:  Instructor
 
Other Training:

Rescue Diver, Divemaster, Water Safety Instructor (WSI)

EFR Instructor
EAN/Nitrox

Interest: : Norman was certified in 1972 and has logged over 1000 dives in the North Atlantic, Pacific, and Carribean. He has worked as a commercial and research diver and enjoys night diving, wrecks, spearfishing, and searching for artifacts.

Favorite Dives: Florida, North Carolina, Ontario, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Shinnecock Inlet

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NAME: Melvin L. Betty

AVSC Member Since:
March 2000, Board Member 2007-09, Diver Of The Year 2007

Certification Level:  PADI Rescue Diver

Other Training: DAN Certified CPR/AED, O2 Provider, First Aid and Emergency First Responder. TDI Certified Enriched Air diver

Interest: Improve diving and underwater photography skills and travel to dive destinations around the world.

Favorite Dives:  Warm water i.e, Florida Keys, Grand Bahamas,  Grand Cayman, Bonaire, Turks and Caicos, St. Maarten, Saba, St. Vincent and Belize.

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Name:  Zelda Betty,

AVSC Member Since: 
2000,  Club Secretary 2002-2004

Certification Level:  Non Diver

Interest:  Cooking, reading, gardening, supporting AVSC projects and enjoying the ocean... from the  surface

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Name:  Gerry Chumiso Brown

AVSC Members Since:
2009

 Certification Level:  Open Water Diver  

Other Training:

Interest:

Favorite Dives:

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Name:  Claudia Cayne

AVSC Members Since:
2010

Certification Level: Non Diver

Other Training:

Interest:

Favorite Dives:

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Name:  Nguyen Cespedes

AVSC Members Since:
2010

Certification Level: Open Water Diver

Other Training:

Interest:

Favorite Dives:

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NAME: Darnella A. Cooper

AVSC Member Since:
January 1997, Club Treasuer 2000-02

Certification Level: Advanced Open Water, Dive Master Candidate (2nd time)

Other Training:
1. - American Red Cross - NY Certified Lifeguard
2. - ARC - NY Certified CPR/First Aid/AED
3. - ARC - NY/Westchester Certified Water Safety Instructor/Swim Instructor

Interest: Interested in Caribbean warm water dives, mathematics and traveling

Favorite Dives: These are some of my favorite places I dove : Costa Rica, Cozumel Mexico, The "A , B, C" islands, South America, Caribean, West Coast and East Coast Diving, Pre/Mini/Summits, Club Trips and AVSC local dives.


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Name:  Charles Davidson

AVSC Members Since:
2008

Certification Level: PADI Rescue Diver

Other Training:

Interest:

Favorite Dives:

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NAME: Ivan B. Donovan

AVSC Member Since:
October 2002, Board Member 2002-04, Vice President 2005-07

Certification Level: Avanced Open Water

Other Training: Nitrox and Wreck

Interest: Photography, travel, music, mastering the computer and chess.

Favorite Dives: My favorite dive is the wreck of the Thistlegorm in the Red Sea.  I also love drift diving off of Cancun, in Hawaii and Curacao.

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Name:  Lenard Ferguson

AVSC Members Since: 2010

Certification Level: Open Water Diver

Other Training:

Interest:

Favorite Dives:

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NAME: George W. Ellis

AVSC Member Since:
September 2005

Certification Level: Rescue Diver

Other Training: Enriched Air Diver May 2006, Emergency First Responder CPR/AED/First Aid June 2007 and PADI Rescue Diving

Interest: Photography, underwater photography and motorcycle riding

Favorite Dives: The wreck dives in Morehead City NC during Wreckfest are my favorite dives to date.

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Name:  Qassim  Ghaffaar

AVSC Members Since: 2010

Certification Level: Open Water Diver

Other Training:

Interest:

Favorite Dives:

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NAME: Edmond Grant

AVSC Member Since:  1998

Certification Level:  Rescue Diver

Other Training:  Nitrox, Emergency First Responder, CPR/AED/First Aid

Interest:

Favorite Dives

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NAME: Keith Hoskins

AVSC Member Since:
June 2001

Certification Level: Advanced Open Water

Other Training: CPR

Interest: To Complete Other Certifications, To Become A Divemaster

Favorite Dives: Cozumel, Aruba Thus Far

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NAME: Timothy A. Johnson

AVSC Member Since:
  February 2007

Certification Level: Advanced Open Water

Other Training: Limited Visibility/Night Diving, First-aid and CPR/AED, EAN/Nitrox, Equipment Techniques.

Interest: I enjoy scuba diving (obviously), traveling, bowling, digital photography, extreme video gaming, reading and spending time performing community service with both my Phi Beta Sigma and Freemason fraternity brothers.

Favorite Dives: The Aquairum in Gran Cayman, The James Bond Dive site in Nassau Bahamas and Eagle's Nest in Petersburg St. Maarten, Tugboat in Curacao and Drift diving in Cozumel