Don DeMaria  (Commercial Diver):  Don is the owner of Sea Samples and has been collecting and shipping marine life since 1972.  For 22 years he worked with the Coral Reef Research Foundation traveling around the world as a diver/collector on a research grant collecting marine invertebrates for the National Cancer Institute.

 Karen DeMaria (Manager):  Karen is the office manager for Sea Samples.  She has a degree in marine biology and has spent the past 30 years working on various consulting and research projects in Florida, the Florida Keys, and the Caribbean.

Lee Zangrillo (Diver/Collector):  Lee is an avid waterman.  He has been on several collecting expeditions out of the country including Soloman Islands and Curacao.   The past several years, he has helped with the collections from throughout the southeast U.S.

 Dora DeMaria (Diver/Collector): Dora is a graduate of Florida State University with a degree in Environmental Science. She works with Sea Samples as a diver/collector.