Steven Barnett

Region:
North America
Scholar Date:
1990

Steve is currently Director of Program Management at the Health & Safety Institute and President of the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society.

After his scholarship year, he worked as an underwater photographer in the Cayman Islands – a result of one of his scholarship experiences. After a couple of years, Steve moved to North Carolina in the United States. He began working for Divers Alert Network (DAN) and because of his experience as a Scholar became DAN’s first field representative, and subsequently the Director of Marketing. After 11 years working in this field, Steve and his family moved to Oregon, where Steve became the Director of Marketing at MEDIC First Aid — a CPR and first aid training company — now part of the Health & Safety Institute. Over the years, Steve has served in a number of roles, helping to grow the company into the world’s largest privately-held emergency care training provider. Steve has been President of the Society since 2016 and has served as a board member on several occasions.

His favorite dives are the first one with his kids and diving a wall in Safaga, Egypt during his scholarship year

Current and Past Scholars :

Michael Topolovac

Region: North America Scholar Date: 1987 to 1988 Michael is a serial entrepreneur who hacks away at underwater imaging whenever he gets the chance. He was first exposed to the diving world in high-school when he

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OW-USS Past Scholars

Olivia Johnson

Region: Australasia Scholar Date: 2018 Born in Hobart, Tasmania, 23 year-old Olivia’s fascination for the ocean began at a young age: her father was a commercial diver and she has always loved swimming, snorkelling and fossicking

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OW-USS Past Scholars

Craig Nelson

Region: North America Scholar Date: 1996 to 1997 Craig is an Associate Chief Medical Examiner at the North Carolina Office. During his scholarship year Craig got hooked on the gritty job of search and recovery. After

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