Female Cave Instructors

[chickdiver]

I'm trying to get a sense of how many female cave instructors are out there. Currently there are 9 active between the NACD and the NSS-CDS, GUE has no active female cave instructors. Here is the current listing:

NACD:

Rose Meadows
Virginia Urbieta
Karin Buchel
me (Heather Choat)

CDS:

Jill Heinerth
Ann Kristovich
Kate Lewis
Shelly Orlowski
Christina Zenato

Meadows, Urbieta and Buchel teach for both agencies.

 

[MikeFerrara]

IANTD has their instructor list online so you could check that out too.

 

[OneBrightGator]

And TDI, I didn't have any luck finding any instructor listing on their webpage though:

http://www.tdisdi.com/tdi/tdihome.html

Claudia Milz is a cave instructor for both IANTD and TDI, and an inactive NACD instructor.

Ben

 

[chickdiver]

Hmmm so we are up to 10.

 

[Mako Mark]

Nancy DeRosa

Kay Walten

Mary Ellen Eckhoff ??

 

[chickdiver]

Nancy DeRosa

Kay Walten

Mary Ellen Eckhoff ??

None are listed as active (I am interested in active status instructors). I don't believe Mary Ellen Eckoff was ever an instructor.

 

[Far_X]

So who is the best and what are their rates?

 

[ae3753]

chickdiver, of course

trying to schedule with her as we speak. . .

 

[jdz]

The Cave Divers Association of Australia has five:
Terri Allen
Heike Apps
Jane Bowman
Linda Claridge
Claire Elliot

There have been others, but these are current...
Cheers from OZ,
JDZ

 

[chickdiver]

Cool, so now we are up to 15 worldwide

And thanks ae3753