Tamara Thomsen, Owner

Tami is a PADI Master Instructor, DAN O2 Instructor, Emergency First Responder Instructor, and teaches up through TDI Advanced Trimix and IANTD Full Cave. She is one of the primary divers on the Piquette Mine Project. If you don't find Tami at Diversions, she is more than likely out diving somewhere. If you would like to contact Tami, contact Diversions Scuba or e-mail her at tami@diversions-scuba.com.

View Tamara's resume here.

Isaac Gomez, Manager

Isaac, Diversions' Manager, is a PADI Open Water Instructor, and Emergency First Response Instructor. Isaac was originally certified through Diversions in 1998. Since 2000, Isaac has been running Diversions' Discover Local Diving tours. Every Thursday night, rain, snow or shine, Isaac takes divers to explore our local lakes. He and Andrew co-teach Diversions' Underwater Hunter Destinctive Specialty course. He also leads many dive tours to Lake Michigan to show divers Wisconsin's many shipwrecks. Isaac's wife Heather is also an avid diver.

Send Isaac an email: isaac@diversions-scuba.com

Kim Smith, Accounts Manager

Kim is a PADI Open Water Instructor, and Emergency First Response Instructor. Kim is Diversions' Accounts Manager. She is a merit badge councilor for Boy Scouts of America and has help scouts to earn their SCUBA merit badge. Along with other staff, she visits local high school phyics, chemistry and phys ed classes to give students a Discover Scuba experience. Kim is often referred to around the shop as "Scuba Mom."

Send Kim an email: accounts@diversions-scuba.com

Craig Carlson, Service Technician

Craig is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Emergency First Response Instructor, and TDI Nitrox Instructor. Craig is a Full Cave Diver and Advanced Trimix certified and instructs many of the Open Water Certification dives as well as the Advanced level courses. Craig does most of the regulator repair work as well as maintenance and repair work at the shop.

Andrew Thompson, Instructor and Web Manager

Andrew is a PADI Open Water Instructor and Emergency First Response Instructor. He enjoys diving wherever there is water - whether that be in Madison, the Great Lakes, or tropical. He and Isaac co-teach Diversions' Underwater Hunter Destinctive Specialty course. Andrew also maintains our website in his spare time.

Have a problem with the website? Send Andrew an email: andrew@diversions-scuba.com

George Mayhew, Instructor

George is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and also enjoys technical diving. You can often find him out on Lake Michigan diving on one of the area's wrecks. In real life, George is a research scientist at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Tim Welnetz, Instructor

Tim is a PADI Instructor and has been teaching for Diversions for many years. Tim has extensively traveled the world visiting dive locations with his wife Bonnie.

Stewart Winter, Instructor

Stewart is an Open Water Scuba Instructor and Emergency First Response Instructor. He enjoys diving most anywhere and is excited to be a member of the Diversions staff. He is a student at UW-Madison studying Biomedical Engineering.

Ron Nagy, Assistant Instructor

Ron is an Assistant Instructor who likes to travel and is an expert in Underwater Photography. He enjoys diversity in his diving whether it be in the warm Caribbean or under Lake Monona's ice. Ron assists with our educational programs at area high schools.

Elise Gorchels, Assistant Instructor

Elise is an Assistant Instructor and avid local diver. She is active in the University of Wisconsin Hoofer's Scuba club. She enjoys teaching children the joys of diving. Elise organizes our annual lake clean-up dive, receiving a PADI International Clean Up Coordinator Award.

Paige Langer, Divemaster

Paige is currently a student at the University of Wisconsin, focusing on biology and international studies. She enjoys wreck and shark diving. She is currently working on her Assistant Instructor rating.

Biz Blasinski, Divemaster

Biz is a PADI Divemaster and an active member of the local dive community. He is an avid technical and cave diver and is a member of the executive board of the UW-Madison Hoofers SCUBA club.

Lynne Gould, Divemaster Candidate and Sales Staff

Lynne is a PADI Divemaster Candidate and the newest member of the Diversions Sales Staff. She is excited to help others discover her passion, diving!

John Welp, Sales Staff

John is an active local diver with interests in both recreational and technical diving. He is certified as a PADI Master Scuba Diver and can be found at Diversions on the sales floor nights and weekends.