Staff

Jonathan Eddy
Jonathan Eddy

Owner

Jonathan has been co-owner and manager of Waterfront Diving Center since July of 1990. Originally ...

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Robert "Ski" Wilczynski
Robert "Ski" Wilczynski

Owner, Instructor Trainer, Service Technician

Ski is a co-owner of Waterfront Diving Center. Ski was originally certified to dive in 1989 through NAUI and ...

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Lawrence Jacques
Lawrence Jacques

Instructor, Service Technician

Larry was originally certified to dive in 1984 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts through NAUI. He became a NAUI ...

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Sage Sularz
Sage Sularz

Staff Member

Sage grew up in Burlington Vermont and began diving through the UVM class...

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Abby Bienfang
Abby Bienfang

Staff Member 

Originally from Massachusetts, Abby graduated from St. Lawrence University where she learned to dive, played rugby...

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Jade McMillan
Jade McMillan

Staff Member (Part Time)

Jade was certified by Shelagh and AJ in her Junior year at UVM. Her favorite places to dive are anywhere with ...

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Hayden
Hayden

Shop Dog

Hayden is from Derby, VT and is an eight month old black lab. Her passions include blueberries...

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Azula
Azula

Shop Dog

Azula was adopted from Puerto Rico in June 2021 from the Student Rescue Project. She loves meeting ...

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Instructors

Wade Labrecque
Wade Labrecque

NAUI Course Director

Wade was certified in 1982 with NAUI and became an instructor in 1994. Wade was born and raised in ...

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Shelagh Cooley
Shelagh Cooley

NAUI Instructor Trainer/PADI Instructor

Shelagh began her diving career at the age of 15 as part of a school trip to Belize with a group from Essex ...

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Greg Murray
Greg Murray

Instructor

Greg was certified to dive in 2006 through NAUI at Waterfront Diving and became a PADI Divemaster in ...

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Dave Bean
Dave Bean

Instructor

Dave Bean started diving in 1989, after meeting his future wife, an already certified diver. Certified at  ...

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Kreig Pinkham
Kreig Pinkham

Instructor

Kreig has been an outdoor sport enthusiast his whole life.  He was an avid ice and rock climber through ...

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Phillip Peterson
Phillip Peterson

Instructor

Phillip Peterson took a Try Scuba class through Waterfront Diving Center and instantly fell in love with ...

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Julie J McGowan
Julie J McGowan

DAN Instructor-Trainer / PADI Instructor Emeritus

Although swimming before she could walk and raised on the West Coast of Florida, Julie did not become ...

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Nancy Smith
Nancy Smith

Instructor

 

David Upson
David Upson

Instructor

 

Divemasters

John Siminger
John Siminger

Divemaster

John was originally certified to dive way back in 1970 through NAUI and became a Divemaster with the same ...

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Tony Vargo
Tony Vargo

Divemaster

 

Tony Facos
Tony Facos

Divemaster

Tony was originally certified to dive in 1990 through NAUI and became a NAUI Divemaster in 2005. Tony’s ...

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Ron Adams
Ron Adams

Divemaster

 

Emeritus

Arthur "Art" Cohn
Arthur "Art" Cohn

Instructor

Art is a senior Dive-Instructor in the Waterfront Dive Center family having become a NAUI Instructor in 1974 ...

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Pierre A. LaRocque
Pierre A. LaRocque

Instructor

Pierre was originally certified to dive way back in 1986 with NAUI. When Pierre isn’t teaching various Scuba ...

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Jim Squires
Jim Squires

Instructor

Jim Squires is one of the senior diving instructors on Lake Champlain with over 25 years of teaching ...

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Erick Tichonuk
Erick Tichonuk

Instructor

Erick was certified to dive in 1981 through NAUI and later became an instructor through both PADI and ...

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Lisetta Wiese-Hansen
Lisetta Wiese-Hansen

Divemaster

Lisetta was originally certified to dive in 1994 through PADI and three years later became a certified ...

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