Guy Harvey
Guy Harvey is a unique blend of artist, scientist, diver, angler, conservationist and explorer. From his career as a Professor of Marine Biology to his work as a wildlife artist and photographer, Guy has earned fame and recognition worldwide. He was instrumental in the Pompano Beach Fishing Rodeo and sponsored the sinking of the Guy Harvey Reef in the same area in 1997. The next year, Guy was the recipient of the International Game Fishing Association's first ever "Lifetime Achievement Award", which was followed in 1999 by the establishment of the Guy Harvey Research Institute in a partnership with the Oceanographic Center of Nova Southeastern University. Guy currently maintains his art studio in Grand Cayman, where he lives with his wife and two children.

Rick Frehsee
Rick Frehsee is one of the most respected and accomplished underwater and travels photographers in the world. Rick began his career in the early 1970s as a research diver and marine biologist (University of Georgia, University of Miami), returning to teach in the Florida University system as a diving officer and Assistant Professor of Marine Technology. During this time he served as an expedition photographer, cave specialist and aquanaut (saturation diver), living undersea for weeks at a time in various undersea habitat projects in the Bahamas and the Florida Keys. He has worked as a photographer/cinematographer for Jacques Cousteau, and conducted research assignments on various scientific projects such as the Bahamas and Belize holes, archaeological shipwrecks and the Atomic shipwreck at Bikini Atoll.

In the 1980s, he turned to editorial and advertising photography, serving various resorts, airlines and tourist boards around the world. His assignments have taken him from the Caribbean to Micronesia, Australia, Indonesia and the Red Sea.

Rick 's photographs have appeared in hundreds of publications including National Geographic, Natural History, Smithsonian, Popular Science, National Geographic Traveler, Life, Sports illustrated, Ocean Technology, Sea Frontiers, various In-flight publications and, of course, Skin Diver, where he has served as a special contributor for 15 years.

He has received many national and international awards for his work, including print work and audiovisual design. Within the dive industry he has received awards such as the Our World Underwater Award (Chicago), Diver of the Year (Boston Sea Rovers), Diver of the Year (Washington DC) and the N.O.G.I. National Award for Arts. He has also taught underwater photography for Nikon Inc. for 10 years, and has made audiovisual presentations for Nikon, Kodak, National Geographic and Walt Disney.

Rick has a special relationship with Central America, especially the Bay Islands of Honduras. He made his first dive in Roatan in 1973 and has authored and photographed dozens of articles on the Bay Islands. He has worked as a photographer and consultant to the Honduras Institute of Tourism for many years, as well as other tourist boards in Central America. For the past seven years, Rick has been featured as the spokesperson, travel consultant, photographer and advertising specialist for TACA Airlines- the official airlines of Central America.

Spencer Slate
Spencer Slate has owned and operated Capt. Slate's Atlantis Dive Center in Key Largo for 24 years. Captain Slate´s critter feeding dives, which features him hand feeding his pet barracudas, moray eels, sharks and other fishes, has appeared in over 60 cable network shows as well as on the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Ripley's Beleive it our Not. In addition, Captain Slate has served as National Chairman of the YMCA Scuba Program for 17 years and was the founder of both the Keys Association of Dive Operators and the Florida Association of Dive Operators (he still serves on the board of both organizations). Most recently, Captain Slate has served as Chairman of the Spiegel Grove Artificail Reef Committee, which is tasked with sinking the largest ship wreck in history for diving (the Spiegel Grove is scheduled for sinking in Key Largo, Fla in mid-June 2002).

Dick Rutkowski - t/k

Drew Ruddy - t/k

Shea McLean - t/k