Meet our staff….Joshua Resch, Ken Mihalik, Karen Mullett, Kelly Smith & Vince Gambino (not shown)
Karen has been an avid SCUBA diver after her late husband, Dave introduced her to the underwater world. Her favorite place to dive is in the Springs of Florida and at the Georgia Aquarium! She holds a PADI Advanced Diver certification and numerous specialities. She is now the owner of Atlantis North Aquatics with her new husband, Jerry.
Ken received his Open Water certification in 1992 and became an Open Water Instructor in 1997. He has dived many places throughout the globe including Truk lagoon and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef being the most notable.
Ken enjoys diving locally but does the majority of his diving in the Caribbean. His favorite dive location is Bonaire due to the spectacular shore diving there.
When he is not diving you will find him fishing, boating, hunting or disc doggin’ with his pup Lexi.
Kelly was first certified in February 1995 while stationed at Naval Station Rota Spain. His favorite dive location is Grand Cayman island in the Caribbean.
His hobbies include: Camping, Diving, Boating, Hunting, Fishing, Target shooting, Anything outdoors
Day job: he works for Dominion East Ohio Gas Company to support his diving habit!!!
Vince started diving in 1998 because he wanted to join his county dive team. The next several years I worked on my specialties. In 2002 he took his first pleasure dive trip to Belize. He was hooked! He knew he wanted to work towards his instructor rating. He received his instructor status in 2015. Since then he’s gained 16 specialty instructor cards. He was the Geauga Regional Dive Rescue Team leader for 18 years. He‘s had the pleasure of diving all over the Caribbean, Honduras, Fiji, Maldives, along with some local wreck diving in Lake Erie. Vince has logged over 1100 dives.
Jerry loves all things about diving….he has been a customer / friend of the store since 2013, and now he is married to Karen. Jerry was certified back in 1985 and his passion for diving has no boundaries. He is currently pursuing his Rebreather certification,
Well, what can we say about our store mascot, Scuba Duke !!
He is the life of the party at the quarry and loves to be near divers!! Somehow I see a custom wetsuit, fishbowl in his future !