Diving Control Board

The Diving Control Board (DCB) is a policy making body for diving on the UCSC Campus, and is responsible to the Chancellor through the Director of the Institute of Marine Sciences and Dean of Physical and Bological Sciences.

The DCB provides focus and guidance to the Diving Officer, and has responsibility to: establish and/or approve training programs and diving projects; recommend changes in policy and procedure; review and approve proposals for research and recreational programs which require diving under UCSC auspices; recommend new equipment or techniques; review, revise, and assure compliance with the diving safety manual.

The DCB also acts as a Board of Appeal to consider diver-related problems; periodically reviews the Diving Officer's performance and program; takes disciplinary actions for unsafe practices; suspends diving programs which it considers to be unsafe or unwise; and serves as a Board of Investigation to inquire into the nature and cause of diving accidents and violations of the UCSC diving safety manual.

The DCB is made up of faculty members, the DSO, an undergraduate student, a graduate student, Environmental Health and Safety person, LML staff person, and staff researchers.

For more information about DCB meetings, minutes from previous meetings, UCSC diving policy, or for questions about the DCB, please contact the Diving Safety <divingsafety@ucsc.edu>.

Diving Control Board Members
 

DCB Chair and Faculty Representative: Mark Carr

Professor, Deparment of EEB (carr@ucsc.edu)

Faculty Representative: Giacomo Bernardi

Professor, Deparment of EEB (bernardi@ucsc.edu)

Faculty Representative: Kristy Kroeker

Assistant Professor, Deparment of EEB (kkroeker@ucsc.edu)

EH&S Representative: Steven Loveridge

Reseach Safety Programs Manager, EH&S (sloverid@ucsc.edu)

USGS Representative: Pete Dal Ferro

Unit Diving Officer USGS (pdalferro@usgs.gov)

Graduate Student Representative: Calvin Munson

Graduate Student, Deparment of EEB (cmunson@ucsc.edu)

Staff Representative: Ashley Vizurraga

Director, Long Marine Lab (ashviz@ucsc.edu)

Undergraduate Representative: OPEN

Undergraduate, Department

Aquarium Diving Program: Traci Kendall

Manager of MMPP, Long Marine Lab, (tkendall@ucsc.edu)

NOAA Representative: Steve Lonhart

SIMoN/MBNMS, (Steve.Lonhart@noaa.gov)

Facilities Representative: Randolph Skrovan

Long Marine Lab Facilities Manager, (rskrovan@ucsc.edu)

Reef Check California Representative: Dan Abbott

Central California Regional Manager (dabbott@reefcheck.org)

Diving Safety Officer: Dave Benet

Diving Safety Program (benet@ucsc.edu)