When she joined Divers Alert Network (DAN) in 2008, Patty Seery, MHS, brought with her more than 30 years of experience as a health care provider/educator and CPR instructor/instructor trainer in addition to being a scuba instructor/course director. Now as Director of Training at DAN, she is the architect behind the current DAN first-aid courses which are being utilized by divers of all varieties and internationally by multiple agencies. Her educational outreach has supported the leaders of tomorrow as they participated in various scuba-diving internships and scholarship programs. Encouraging and mentoring women of all ages in diving activities through training and travel has been a hallmark of her diving career.