SSI INSTRUCTOR TRAINER

Air Force veteran Wayne Brown and his family are passionate adventurers and he was so impressed with the trips they took with the Aggressor Adventures® in 2005 and 2006 he decided to make it a more ‘intimate’ relationship and purchased Aggressor® from the Haines family in April of 2007. Wayne is a hands on owner and is committed to providing personalized, exceptional customer service on every Aggressor adventure. From every department and every location around the world, you will experience first class service and adventures. Wayne serves on the Board of Directors for Sea of Change Foundation and Oceans For Youth Foundation. He is an avid photographer and spends much of his time on the many Aggressor destinations. He and his family reside in Augusta, Georgia.

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SSI Instructor Trainer and PADI Instructor

Growing up as a competitive swimmer was only a matter of time until the "scuba bug" bit Larry. After landing his first real job, it was an easy decision that his first vacation was a scuba certification trip. Twelve months after that first trip, Larry became an instructor, and soon scuba and adventure travel became his full-time career. Larry has certified more divers during his career than he can remember, managed and trained instructional and retail staff, was a professional travel agent and group leader. He also launched a software company for retail dive stores and worked in marketing, advertising, and IT for a large land-based dive resort. Larry earned his MBA specializing in International Business, where he met his wife, Cari. Larry is Vice President of Operations for Aggressor Adventures® and lives in Miami with his wife and two Jack Russel terriers.

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NAUI Divemaster

Anne manages the Reservation Office, Marketing & Advertising Department & Reseller Program at Aggressor Adventures®. She is an inductee into the Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF) and the SSI Platinum Pro5000 Diver Program, serves on the Advisory Board for Oceans For Youth Foundation and is on the Board of Directors for Sea of Change Foundation. She is an avid photographer and spends her free time photographing wildlife in Southwest Florida, boating and traveling as much as she can. She resides in Naples, Florida.

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USCG Captain (500 ton)
PADI & SSI Instructor, EFR, React Right Instructor, Equipment Repair Technician
DAN Oxygen Provider Instructor

Captain Jay Roberts was born in Clearwater, Florida and grew up working in his father's diesel mechanic business after school. He has always loved being around the ocean. A certified instructor since 1996, he has enjoyed teaching and showing others the underwater world he loves so much. He is a graduate of Southern Arkansas University Tech in Computer Information Technology and practiced Architecture for eight years as an AIA member. He began working as the photo pro on board the Okeanos Aggressor in Cocos Island in 2002 and then went on to become Captain of the Belize Aggressor III. Jay holds a USCG 500-ton international captain’s license and resides in Augusta, Georgia with his family.

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SSI Instructor Certifier, React Right Instructor & Trainer, PADI MSDT Instructor

Jeff grew up in Texas and became a Dive Pro while attending Stephen F. Austin State University.  He moved to Dallas after college and managed a dive center there before moving down to work as an Instructor in the British Virgin Islands with his wife, Casey. They worked their way up to Managers, then spent two years as General Managers before becoming partners in Dive BVI on Virgin Gorda.  After 14 years in the BVI, Jeff and Casey moved back to the USA in 2017 to travel the Caribbean as a Sales Manager for SSI.  Jeff loves being outdoors, boating and photography.  He's excited to be working with the team at Aggressor Adventures and looks forward to being on an adventure with you soon!

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MCA Captain (200 ton)
NAUI, SDI, TDI, SSI Instructor

Tom holds a 200 ton Yacht Master License, worked as a Captain for 20 years, 9 of them on the Cayman Aggressor. He is a certified Scuba Instructor for four national certification agencies and is fluent in English, German, Spanish, Swedish and Portuguese. Tom originated from Norrtalje, Sweden where he graduated from Rodenskolan College then went on to spend 8 years in sales in Spain and Portugal. He is responsible for managing the reseller program for USA and International tour operators, dive stores and travel agents, leading fam trips, managing trade and consumer dive shows as well as contributing to the fleet's social media. He spends much of the year traveling and working dive travel shows in Germany, France, Canada, USA, Spain, Asia and leading familiarization trips on Aggressor Liveaboards yachts.

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SSI Master Diver

Caroline Hasson was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, lived in the Cayman Islands until she was five and raised in Naples, Florida. She graduated from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC with a Bachelors Degree in Hospitality Management and Business Administration. After working for multiple 5-star resorts, she joined the Aggressor Family in May of 2018. She was certified as a junior diver before obtaining her Master Diver Certification. Caroline is the Adventure Sales Manager for the Aggressor Nile Cruise and Aggressor Safari Lodge. She loves to travel and just returned from visiting the Aggressor Safari Lodge in Sri Lanka and Nile Queen in Egypt. She resides in Bethesda, Maryland.

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PADI Dive Master
NAUI Scuba Instructor

Samantha Whitcraft is Director of Conservation & Outreach for Aggressor Adventures® and for the Sea of Change Foundation with the mission to create positive change for our natural world. Samantha’s work includes developing Green the Fleet® sustainability initiatives for the company and educational programs for the M/V Oceans for Youth operating in Cuba’s Gardens of the Queen National Park. Over the past twenty years, researching biodiversity conservation, citizen science applications, and sustainable ecotourism has taken her to the Amazon with National Geographic, to the Mesoamerican reef with NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program, and to the remote Pacific with Shark Savers to promote education through adventure.

Samantha graduated Cum Laude from Harvard University with her Bachelor of Natural Science degree concentrating in conservation biology; she earned her Master’s degree in Marine Affairs and Policy at the University of Miami, Florida. She taught both formally at Miami Dade College and the University of Hawaii and informally in the field on the subjects of environmental ethics, traditional ecological knowledge, and coral reef ecosystems. After the Gulf oil spill, she was recognized by NOAA Fisheries with a national award for exceptional service in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Whitcraft was also one of twenty women selected for the Women’s Environmental Leaders Forum with the White House Council on Environmental Quality and principal environmental advisor to the President of the United States. She has produced award-winning short environmental films, researched the global, illegal wildlife trade, and is an avid photographer and published nature writer. Whitcraft is a Platinum Pro 5000 Diver, recognized by the scuba diving industry as an “elite water explorer”.

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