Course Director

Chris Mendoza - PADI Course Director (Instructor Trainer): Specialty
Instructor Trainer, Divers Alert Network Instructor Trainer, DSAT Instructor Trainer,
EFR Instructor Trainer, PADI Master Instructor, TDI /SDI /SSI/ NAUI Instructor

Chris has logged over 10,000 dives
Deepest dive is 400 feet
Has certified over 5000 divers at various levels
U.S. Army Retired

Instructors

Mindy Branaman - IDC Staff Instructor, Master Scuba Diver Trainer #230674: Mindy is the owner of Angelo Scuba Outfitters, an authorized PADI Dive Center in San Angelo, Texas. She is an instructor for: Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver and Divemaster.  Mindy is an instructor for the following specialties: AWARE Coral Reef Conservation, Under Water Photographer, and Digital Photographer, Drift Diver, Equipment, Search and Recovery, Night Diver, Multilevel Diver, Deep Diver, Enriched Air (Nitrox), Emergency First Response (CPR & First Aid),  Navigation Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware and is a certified PSI cylinder inspector #17736.  She has also completed the ScubaPro and Aeris professional equipment maintenance repair program.  Mindy is also a Dive Control Specialist and SSI Instructor.

David Greenhaw - Open Water Scuba Instructor #194870: David has been an instructor since November of 2005.  Before that he was a Divemaster for two years.  He is an instructor for: Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, Emergency First Response and Divemaster.  David is an instructor for the following specialties: AWARE Coral Reef Conservation, Under Water Photographer, Dive Propulsion Vehicle (DPV), Drift Diver, Equipment Specialist, Enriched Air (Nitrox), Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware, DSAT Gas Blender, Digital Underwater Photography, Deep Diver and a certified PSI cylinder inspector.  David is an avid fisherman and scuba diver, loves to travel and proudly admits to being a computer geek.

Walt McRae - Open Water Scuba Instructor #230721: Walt has been an instructor since 2005. He started his teaching career as an SSI Instructor and qualified to teach many SSI specialties. Walt is working on his PADI Specialties. Walt and his wife Dixie live in Killeen Texas. They travel extensively and dive all over the world. Walt's passion is diving in Puerto Aventuras Mexico and hopes to retire there soon. He enjoys underwater photography and teaching people to scuba dive. Walt says "Have Tank Will Travel".

Cary Free - Open Water Scuba Instructor #188426: Cary has been a certified scuba diver since 1997 and a Divemaster since 2003. He has over 100 hours of bottom time. Cary's specialties include; Enriched Air (Nitrox), Deep, Navigation, Search & Recovery, Night and Equipment Specialist. He completed the ScubaPro Repair Clinic and maintains the gear for Angelo Scuba Outfitters. Cary's passion really lies with Tech Diving. Cary enjoys working rescue and recovery. He particularly enjoys deep dives and night dives, but really enjoys deep, night dives. "My favorite place to dive is Lake Travis because it's deep and dark, but I will dive anywhere as long as I can get wet."

Divemasters

Lori Greenhaw - Divemaster #175793: Lori has been a PADI Divemaster since 2002.  Her certifications include: Nitrox, Deep, Night, Search and Rescue.  Lori has worked in the medical / surgical field for 15 years.  She enjoys travel and diving in the clear warm water of the Caribbean.  Sharks are Lori's passion and she will dive with them any chance she gets.  She also loves diving with the calmer yet equally exciting Dolphin and Manta Ray.

Van Cambron - Divemaster #231959: Van completed his Divemaster Course in August of 2007.   His current certifications include:Master Scuba Diver, Rescue Diver, Deep Diver, Boat Diver, Enriched Air /Nitrox, Equipment Specialist, Night Diver, Medic First Aid/CPR.  Van completed the ScubaPro Repair Clinic in 2007. Van likes to assist with classes and enjoys underwater photography. Van & his wife Gail live in Midland Texas.

Leonard Branaman - Divemaster #      : Leonard is a Divemaster.  His current certifications include: Master Scuba Diver, Rescue Diver, Deep Diver, Boat Diver, Equipment Specialist, Night Diver, DPV.  Leonard is also a certified PSI Visual Cylinder Inspector.  He is also an Aeris / ScubaPro equipment specialist.

Shane Lewis: Shane is a Divemaster.  His certifications include Enriched Air/Nitrox and First Aid/CPR/First Aid Instructor.  Shane has been a scuba diver since 2000.  Shane is very proud to be working with the crew at Angelo Scuba Outfitters.  Shane loves the outdoors and working with classes. He also gets great satisfaction working the local rescue and recoveries.

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