Gary started his adult life serving in the Military. His love of the ocean brought him to scuba diving, and he has been a certified diver for nearly 30 years.

He has vast experience in scuba diving, having visited dive sites all over the United States, including West Coast deep-water lakes, Florida fresh-water springs, the Gulf of Mexico, and the list continues. He is an experienced PADI-certified Instructor, and his attitude towards safety will make your experience one of the safest and most fun you can have in the water!  

Gary is also the founder and president of Bright Horizons Diving, Inc., a non-profit corporation for special needs individuals, and is one of a handful of people in the world who hold a PADI adaptive dive techniques specialty. He was on the PADI review board for the development of the Adaptive Dive Techniques Specialty certification, and he is a Redaptive Dive instructor through RAID for certification of the adaptive dive students and their buddies.  Gary specifically created the Bright Horizons Diving program, designed to introduce the underwater world and change the lives of people with disabilities who want to take the plunge.

PADI Certifications

• Master Instructor
• Master Scuba Diver Trainer
• Emergency First Response Instructor
• Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor
• Adaptive Techniques Specialties Instructor
• Underwater Photographer Instructor
• Underwater Navigator Instructor
• Enriched Air Instructor  (Nitrox)
• Deep Diver Instructor
• Boat Diver Instructor
• Ocean Reef Integrated Mask Instructor
• Wreck Dive instructor
• Night Dive Instructor
• RAID Instructor
• Open Water 20
• RAID Adaptive Open Water 20
• RAID Advanced open water
• RAID Re-daptive Dive Buddy Course

Info is coming soon!

Hometown: Erie, PA - Here We Go! Steelers!
Favorite Food: Lasagna
Favorite Local Place: The Beach / The Ocean below 1 bar. :)
Favorite Dive Site: The Big Dawg / Cyclops
Favorite Type of Diving: Wreck
If You Could Dive Anywhere in the World, Where Would It Be? Great Barrier Reef
Anything Else You Would Like to Add? My passion is Coral Conservation and Environmental Rehabilitation. I love working with new students, opening their minds to the whole new world underwater. Seeing them develop into safe and enthusiastic divers is a true joy!

• PADI OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)
• PADI EFRI (Emergency First Responder Instructor)
• PADI Care for Children with AED Instructor
• PADI Enriched Air Instructor
• PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor
• PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor
• PADI Dive Against Debris Instructor
• PADI AWARE Instructor
• PADI AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor
• PADI Assistant Instructor
• PADI Divemaster
• PADI Discover Scuba Diving Leader
• PADI Dive Against Debris
• PADI Master Scuba Diver
• PADI Rescue Diver
• PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider
• PADI EFR-Primary Care (CPR) & Sec Care (1st aid)
• PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
• PADI Equipment Specialist
• PADI Enriched Air Diver
• PADI Advanced Open Water
• PADI Open Water

• PSI-PCI Inspector - Professional Scuba Inspector & Professional Cylinder Inspector 

Hometown: Niceville, FL
Favorite Food: I always love a good lasagna, I guess.
Favorite Local Place: Terry the Green Sea Turtle.
Favorite Dive Site: The Destin East Jetty is probably my favorite dive site because of the variety of wildlife that comes in, and it changes depending on which way the tide is going.
Favorite Type of Diving: Night diving 
If You Could Dive Anywhere in the World, Where Would It Be? Great Barrier Reef
Anything Else You Would Like to Add? The Great Barrier Reef is on my bucket list.

• PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
• PADI AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor
• PADI Dive Against Debris Instructor
• PADI AWARE Instructor
• PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor
• PADI Divemaster
• PADI Discover Scuba Diving Leader
• PADI Master Scuba Diver
• PADI Equipment Specialist
• PADI Rescue Diver
• PADI Cavern Diver
• PADI Sidemount Diver
• PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider
• PADI EFR-Primary Care (CPR) & Sec Care (1st aid)
• PADI Enriched Air Diver
• PADI Advanced Open Water
• PADI Open Water

Additional Accomplishments:

• PSAI - Professional Scuba Association International - Advanced Nitrox