Member of the Month
February, 2023
Lisa Mcintyre
This February, Big Apple Divers kicks off our Member of the Month program – an opportunity to recognize our incredible divers for their contributions to our club, to our sport, to our community or our environment – or perhaps for reaching a personal milestone in their scuba life!
Each Member of the Month will have their membership dues waived for the year and receive $20 in Club Cash* to spend in our merch store (coming soon!) or at any club event, as well as be featured on our website, in our newsletter – The Sea Breeze – and our various social media platforms!
We are very excited to showcase these amazing members and hope they inspire others to make a difference. If there is someone you’d like to suggest, please send an email to memberofthemonth@bigappledivers.com – the only criteria are that they be a member in good standing and have done something to be celebrated!
We are thrilled to announce our very first Member of the Month – Lisa McIntyre
Lisa discovered scuba diving later in life - she’s only been diving for the last 10 years - but quickly became obsessed with it. She is a US Ambassador for the international Girls That Scuba organization, has achieved the professional certification of Divemaster, and is the Executive Director of SeaSmart, an ocean conservation, marine science and SCUBA 501c3 non-profit organization (seasmartocean.org).
SeaSmart provides both local workshops and travel programs for students and adults – with a special focus on underrepresented demographics - in order to create awareness and develop ocean advocates. Lisa conducts on-line and in-person ocean conservation workshops globally, and we hope to have her host one for the Big Apple Divers sometime this year!
Lisa has traveled extensively and dived all over the world, but her favorite experience (so far) has been diving with Orcas in Baja last summer for a SeaSmart program – check out this video: youtube.com/seasmartbaja
Congratulations, Lisa, and thank you for being a member of the Big Apple Divers!
Come meet Lisa at our 2/16 meeting AND get first pick of our 2023 Dive Charters!