AUAS - Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences

:: Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences, Sponsors

The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences welcomes a variety of sponsors - NOGI Fellows as well as other individuals and organizations. AUAS Sponsor donations are used to fund the NOGI Awards and the galas at which they are presented, to improve and expand membership services, and to fund scholarships and other special awards sanctioned by AUAS.

AUAS is a 501C3 non-profit corporation. Donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.

If you would like more information about sponsor opportunities, please contact the AUAS Comptroller, Mike Gower, at MikeGower@auas-nogi.org or call: (408) 286-8840.

If you would like to make a donation to AUAS, CLICK HERE for the form.


Diamond Sponsors Bev Morgan The Meistrell Family Alese & Mort Pechter Mike Gower	Titanium Sponsors Ernest H. Brooks David Christiansen Diving Equipment & Marketing Association (DEMA) Galleon Beach Harbor Hotel, Antigua Martha Watkins Gilkes Guy Harvey Jumby Bay Resort, Antigua Arleen Ann Morrow Carolyn Pascal Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Sport Diver Magazine Bonnie Toth Advertising and Design Underwater Society of America Hillary Viders, Ph.D. Women Divers Hall of Fame Wyland
Platinum Sponsors Alice Bagshaw Amphibico Antigua Yacht Club Beneath the Sea, Inc. Eagle Ray / Manik Bey, Maldives Cathy Church and Herb Raphael Divers Alert Network Julia Edwards / SunBreeze Hotel, Belize Bob Evans Force Fin Ron Hand Jules Undersea Lodge Dr. Alan Kelman Kirby Morgan Diving Systems Harmony Hall Resort Jill Heinerth Peter Hughes Diving, Inc. Jolly Beach Resort, Antigua Long Bay Hotel, Antigua Oceanic USA PADI Diving Society Shirley Pomponi Michele Pugh / Dive Experience, Inc. Dollar Resort, Bonaire / Carol Bradovchak Dee Scarr Starlite Originals, LLC Valerie and Ron Taylor Treetops - Antigua, West Indies Ralph White The Wyland Creative Team	Gold Sponsors Barracuda Resort, Cozumel Monique and Michael Bellefeuille Best Publishing, Inc. Comfort Suites, Provo / Eugene Burns Bonita Chamberlin Coz Resort, Cozumel Dive Provo Dive Tortola Diving Unlimited International (DUI) Michele and Howard Hall Peter Hess, Esq. Michael Homeier, Esq. Linda Hubbell Emory Kristof Mark and Diane Litter Monroe & Zinder Valerie Moore Geri Murphy Zale Parry Audrey Priolo Esq. Provo Divers Carol Rose CAPT Bobbie Scholley Sunset House, Grand Cayman VAUM / Viktor Dr. Eugene Vezzani Villablanca Resort Norma Wellington Designs Julianne Ziefle
Silver Sponsors American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Dr. Peter Bennett The Dive Shop, Barbados / Haroon David Doubilet Deep Sea Systems Sue and Jack Drafahl Rory Golden Carl Hauber Henderson Aquatics Ann Krumholt Marie Levine / Shark Research Inst. Sr. Robert Marx Mystic Aquarium Dan and Betty Orr Robert Straight	Bronze Sponsors James and Dana Adler Dr. George Bass Wendy Benchley Best Publishing, Inc. John Chatterton & Rich Kohler Bob Clark Deep Sea Power & Light Dr. Glen Egstrom Michael G. Harris IANTD Nick Icorn Emory Kristoff Lockwood Museum Marine/Deep Ocean Exploration & Research Christopher Nickolson Pelican Products, Inc. John Randall Dr. Anatoly Sagalevitch Tech Diving Unlimited Dr. Maida Beth Taylor Ron Wimberly Armand Zigahn
Friends of AUAS Sponsors Friends of AUAS Robert Bak Roger Cook Dr. James Miller John McAniff Chuck Nicklin Dr. Rosaly Lopes Kathy Sawicki Art Ullrich Stan Waterman	Lifetime Members* Dr. Peter Bennett Ernest H. Brooks Cathy Church Jim Church (D) E.R. Cross (D) Gustav Dalla Valle (D) Ben Davis Dr. Sylvia Earle Howard Hall Carl Hauber Bill High Jordan Klein Bert Kilbride (D) Mel Lillis John McAniff Bev Morgan Flip Nicklin Christopher Nickolson Dan Orr Duke Pawlowicz Dr. Andreas Rechnitzer * In the early days of The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences, a select cadre of NOGI Fellows donated money towards lifetime memberships. The success and growth of AUAS was largely due to the generous contributions of these Fellows. Although AUAS no longer offers lifetime memberships, we would like to recognize and thank these individuals. We will always be in their debt: