About Scuba Family Vacations
Laura is a successful entrepreneur, author, speaker and scuba expert.
For the last eight years, she has worked with and coached some of the
world’s most successful business people, celebrity CEOs and
discriminating families.
Laura has more than 30 years of experience in scuba diving and is indeed a
legitimate scuba expert. Her proprietary scuba techniques give solutions
to fears and phobias associated with scuba, making her one of the
most sought-after and trusted scuba instructors today.
Laura is the founder and chairwoman of PrivateScubaLessons.com, a full-service scuba instruction agency in the Fort Lauderdale/Miami area. Laura
is an internationally recognized Master Scuba Diving Trainer, having issued
more than 700 professional certifications. Her clientele comes from all over
the world, including the United States, Austria,
Australia, Germany, Japan and many others.
Laura acquired her leadership skills from the advertising, sales and
marketing industry,
which was prior to her scuba instructor career. In that
role, Laura and her team pioneered the Miami Chapter of the American
Marketing Association in the economic downturn of the early '90s and the
aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. Under her leadership, the Miami Chapter went
on to receive a “Special Merit Award” for Chapter Excellence.
In her capacity as trusted advisor to leaders of advertising departments
in many multinational companies, she served clients including and at one
time: Baker-Norton Pharmaceuticals, Marriott Vacation Village, Doral Hotel
and Country Club, Dole International and Eastern Financial Credit Union.
Prior to joining the marketing industry, Laura was a full-time registered
nurse. Deciding that she loved marketing preventative medicine more than
the
patient care aspect of the health care industry, she returned to Barry University to study advertising
and marketing.
Laura is also a respected author of ezine articles, magazines and industry trade
journals. Her work was featured in the Miami Herald, June 2007.
Laura’s award-winning style is exemplified by her nominations in the Price
Waterhouse/South Florida Business Journal's "Up and Comers Awards" in 1989
and 1991.
Laura is an active gold member of the Glazer-Kennedy Insider's Circle, Miami
Chapter; member of the South Florida Interactive Marketing Association;
and one-time board member of the Florida Direct Marketing Association and the
Advertising Federation of Greater Miami.