Emory's photography has discovered the unexplored worlds of the deep sea. In August 1998 Kristof's pictures of the Titanic were presented in the National Geographic magazine article, "Tragedy in Three Dimensions." The pictures, taken in 1991 employing high-intensity lighting systems, achieved unprecedented detail due to advances in 3-D computer video editing. Born in 1942, Kristof studied journalism at the University of Maryland at College Park and received a bachelor's degree in 1964. Kristof was a National Geographic staff photographer from 1964 to 1994 and has produced 39 articles for the National Geographic magazine. Kristof's accomplishments have earned many awards for both writing and photography, including the NOGI Award for Arts from the Underwater Society of America in 1988 and an Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Award for Underwater Exploration in 1986. That same year Kristof received the American Society of Magazine Publishers Innovation in Photography Award for their photographic coverage of the Titanic. Kristof was presented with the 1998 J. Winton Lemen Fellowship Award by the U.S. National Press Photographers Association "for being one of our profession's most imaginative innovators with particular attention to pictures from beneath the ocean brought to the readers of National Geographic magazine."

Ambassador of the ocean, photographer, and educator Ernest H Brooks II was the head of the renowned Brook’s Institute and he carried out the duties that come with that corporate territory including keynote speaking at international conventions, working with national and international organizations and companies to enhance the industry and encouraging photographic education and promoting photography as a universal language. As a noted professional photographer, Brooks has won international acclaim for underwater photography and audio/visual presentation. His pursuit of dramatic marine images has descended into the treacherous waters beneath the polar icecaps and into the depth of every ocean. Ernie photographic legacy is the evidence that has illustrated the dramatic changes in our oceans and he himself remains a tremendous voice for oceanic exploration.

Stan has been at the forefront of scuba diving since its inception as a recreational sport both at home and throughout the world. Stan was co-director of underwater photography and the second unit in the production of The Deep, a movie based on Peter Benchley's best-selling novel. More recent productions include documentaries for ABC's "Spirit of Adventure" series and the "Expedition Earth" series on ESPN. Stan has received numerous honours and awards for his work in television, including five Emmies, two Gold Medals from the U.K. Underwater Film Festival, four Golden Eagles, a lifetime Achievement Award from the Miami Expo and from Boston Sea Rovers, the Cousteau Diver of the Year Award, the Richard Hopper Day Memorial Medal from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, and most recently has been inducted to the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame.

Joe is an adventurer, speaker, thinker, trainer and counsellor. An early career in the military offered opportunities to learn, develop, teach, strategize and validate new ideas in the highly specialized fields of demolitions and mine warfare. Gifted with a richly timbered voice, it has been used to speak, train and facilitate with impact and conviction to audiences ranging from heads of state and foreign armies to the ordinary man. He found synergy with the Ocean Geographic Society's vision and goals. A longtime advocate that good leaders decide the fate of good corporate culture and governance, which must include the need to protect our environment and synergise with nature, stayed the course in the face of many challenges to this belief.