Our marine conservation instructor and instructor trainers come from a wide range of backgrounds and interests, but all share a common passion of marine conservation education and practical applications. All of our instructors undergo several months of training before being able to call themselves Conservation Diver Trainers.
Below you can meet some of our team from around the world.
Conservation Diver Board Members
Spencer Arnold
Spencer Arnold has been working with Conservation Diver since 2014. His primary interest is in coral restoration through the design and construction of artificial reefs and underwater sculptures. His works include the Sculpture gardens on Koh Tao, including Depair, Hope, and Fight for the Last Life.
George Bevan
George Bevan joined the Conservation Diver Team in 2015, having previously spent 4 years working as a Strategy Consultant. He has since combined his business acumen and studies of Marine Science to expand operations to both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua and in the Azores. He is the Program Director of Azul Conservation, Sea Turtle Rescue Nicaragua and is currently developing new Whale Research and Shark Monitoring courses in the Azores as well as the tour operator Conservation Divers Excursions, to help encourage divers to partake in Marine Conservation and Scientific expeditions at various CD training platforms around the globe.
Chad Scott
CEO
Chad Scott is the president and CEO of Conservation Diver. He originally started the New Heaven Reef Conservation Program in 2007, and has developed many of the courses that Conservation Diver teaches. Currently he is living in Colorado, USA while recovering from illness. He is still involved in the adminstrative aspects of Conservation Diver, and assists in the development of new conservation training enters around the world.
Conservation Diver Master Trainers (those able to teach and certify students in all of our offered courses)
Kaitlin Harris
Kait Harris became a Conservation Diver Master Trainer in 2014, and worked at the New Heaven Reef Conservation Program as one of the head conservation instructors for two years. Focused on enabling people to love the ocean by understanding it, she's currently in Australia studying a Masters Degree in Conservation, and will be starting a Conservation Diver centre on the northern Great Barrier Reef in 2020.
Conservation Diver Specialty Trainers (those able to teach several of our courses)
Ecological Monitoring Program Instructors (those able to teach the EMP and Marine Ecology Courses)
Jennifer Dowling
ECOKoh Tao
Jennifer has been one of the directors and head conservation instructors at EcoKoh Tao for many years. She has lead and participated in many community projects on the island, and contributed greatly to the progress of marine conservation on Koh Tao. She added EMP instrucotr to her extensive list of qualifications in order to help continue data collection efforts on the island.
Simon Dowling
ECOKoh Tao
Simon has been one of the directors and head conservation instructors at EcoKoh Tao for many years, and also an avid videographer. He has lead and participated in many community projects on the island, and contributed greatly to the progress of marine conservation on Koh Tao. He added EMP instructor to his extensive list of qualifications in order to help continue data collection efforts on the island.
Caroline Lueba
Koh Exist
Caroline has been involved in teaching marine conservation since 2009, and is also highly involved in community based projects on the island of Koh Tao, Thailand. She started and is the owner of Koh Exist, a marine conservation training program for professional divers and the general public.
Advisors, Collaborators, and Friends
Nancy Gibson
Love Wildlife Foundation
Nancy runs the NGO Love wildlife Foundation and has recently opened a hub in Bangkok to enable collaborations between non-profits, NGO's and other folks doing good work. Her program protects local wildlife, and also has educational outreach and field based trips for local youth.
James True
In addition to having eztensive expreince in coral reef research and restroation, James True was instrumental in Developing the Conservation Diver Coral Spawnng and Larval Culturing program, James Led the first few years of this program in thailand, and continues to advise on related topics.
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