Meet your new board members

Welcome to the Bridge!

Hello Crew,

Our board of directors voted and proposed a slate of three officers to the voting membership (those with a Captain's membership or higher) who have cast their votes. We now welcome one returning board member and two new board members to the board of directors.

Highlights:

Chris Pulley came on the board in 2019, completed a three year term and petitioned to serve another term, was approved and elected to a 2nd term on the board.
Lisa Jaster came on the board in 2019, completed her three year term and will now serve on the advisory council.
Freddy Frederick came on the board in 2019, completed a three year term and will now serve on the advisory council.
Scott Shaver's application was approved, voted on by membership and elected to the board.
Claudia Ruggiero's application was approved, voted on by membership and elected to the board.

Lisa and Freddy, We thank you for your dedication and service to Dive Pirates. You remain as one of the crew and are welcome to reapply to the board in one year. You will also be added to our advisory council and called upon for your continued knowledge and support.

Meet your New Board Members:

Chris Pulley

In 2006 Chris joined the Dive Pirates as a recipient of the Foundation. A person with spinal muscular atrophy, he slowly lost his ability to walk during his college years, and now uses a wheelchair for his mobility. After finishing our program, Chris continued to dive with his father, and returned to celebrate his 100th dive during a Dive Pirates trip in 2016. Successful in the finance industry, he is currently the Vice President - Manager of Finance Business Support for Bank of America in Richmond, Texas. He brings a wealth of business knowledge to the board, as well as his continued desire to explore new dive sites and evaluate them for future recipients to continue their journey as divers.

Scott Shaver, MSN, RN, CPHIMS

Scott is currently the director of hospital information systems at Memorial Hermann Health Systems in Houston. He has an impressive career of more than 30 years as a paramedic, 17 years as a registered nurse, and quite a track record of process improvement in the health industry. He has experience operating a 501c3 in Texas dedicated to increasing awareness of PTSD in first responders as well as 20 years with the Houston Livestock Show Medical and Safety Committee. He sees Dive Pirates as an opportunity of blending his love of scuba diving and helping people.

Claudia Ruggiero

Claudia recently retired from a 45 year career of planning, developing and implementing occupational health programs for domestic and international oil and gas companies. She played a key roll in creating the corporate disability management program at Chevron, Houston. Throughout her career she gave generously of her time and talents to various non-profit organizations, including the Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and the American Heart Association to name a few. She is now an adaptive dive buddy and enjoys assisting adaptive divers enjoy the freedom of diving.

Join me in thanking our board members for giving of their time and talents to forward the mission:

Positively impacting the lives of recipients...

injured military, first responders, law enforcement

and others with mobile disabilities...

welcoming them into adaptive scuba diving

which fosters accomplishment, self-worth and community.

Theresa the Terrible and the crew

Dive Pirates Foundation

P.O. Box 1564 ~ Wellington, CO 80549

Phone: 877-EYE-DIVE (877-393-3483)

Email: divepirates@divepirates.org