Meet Our Dive Team
Rod Shroufe - Owner / NAUI Instructor / NAUI Instructor Trainer
Rod is a career biologist and professional educator at both the high school and community college level. He is an avid outdoors person who is at home in the mountains and on and under the water. Rod began scuba diving in 1997 and earned his instructor rating in 2002. Rod is currently an Instructor trainer through NAUI. Rod’s love of the ocean began early when he first encountered the ocean at the age of five. Since that visit, Rod has continued to enjoy participating in many water-related activities. Rod enjoys teaching others the art and science of scuba diving, taking underwater pictures, and diving in the great Pacific Northwest and beyond. Rod has certifications to teach all levels of NAUI Scuba diving including the leadership sequence.
Mike Keyes
NAUI Divemaster
Mike was born and raised in Oregon. Most of his childhood was in Salem, Oregon where he learned to dive at Dick's Diving Service in 1973. Mike did a lot of cold water diving in the early years. He also helped Dick with his dive school. When Mike married his beautiful wife Lee, his diving slowed down to mostly just warm water when he and his wife would go on trips. Mike has dove in places such as here in the Pacific NW, Bermuda, Hawaii, Florida Keys, and Cancun Mexico. Since retiring in 2017, Mike has been diving every chance he gets. Him and his wife enjoy being around other divers and helping whenever they can with EcoDive NW. He believes in staying active and strong. “Our lives are determined by the choices we make, and I choose to share what I love with others.” - Mike Keyes
Zee Searles Mazzacano
NAUI Divemaster
Zee is an entomologist and invertebrate ecologist who loves being in, on, around, or under the water. Zee began diving with Rod in 2018 and progressed from Open Water certification through Advanced and Master Diver, and also took up river swimming to stay in practice for scuba. As a training assistant, Zee enjoys helping introduce others to the wonders to be found under the water as they become safe and confident divers.
Briauna Reichert
NAUI Divemaster
Briauna is originally from Seattle, Washington and has lived in Portland since 2019. She is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and currently works in digital advertising. She became interested in scuba after a snorkeling trip in the Maldives, and finally began diving in 2018 while living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Briauna became a NAUI Master Scuba Diver and NAUI Training Assistant in September 2020. She enjoys working with new students and showing them the wonders of the Pacific Northwest waters.
Jamie Caldwell
NAUI Divemaster
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Jamie has been in love with the natural world as long as she can remember. The joy of discovery eventually led her to the EcoDive family, where an Open Water course quickly snowballed into Master Diver, Rescue Diver, and Dive Training Assistant certifications. Jamie hardly ever turns down an opportunity to dive into the chilly but unbelievably beautiful Pacific Northwest coastal waters. During her surface intervals, Jamie enjoys beekeeping and spending time with her husband and two dogs. Jamie is currently a NAUI Divemaster in training.
Daniel Sams
Training Assistant
From a young age, Daniel was always fascinated with what was below the surface ever since his father taught him how to fish in the Puget Sound. By the age of 12, his mother enrolled him for scuba lessons and he received his Junior Open Water Certification at Octopus Hole in the Hood Canal. Later in life, Daniel found other passions to pursue. He has been a Wildland Firefighter for 18 years and is currently employed with a Forestry Company and works with Timber Companies on Reforestation. Every year, Daniel and his wife go on vacation to Maui where they snorkel every day. On one of these trips, Daniel decided to get back into scuba. He received his Basic Open Water in Hawaii, then joined with EcoDive NW for his Advanced Open Water certification. He is now assisting with dive training while continuing his dive education with the goal of eventually becoming a certified Divemaster.