Board Member
Mr. Arem K. Duplessis, a 1993 graduate of Hampton University, earned his M.S. degree in Visual Communications from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, in May 1996. While at Pratt, he served as the Computer Laboratory Coordinator for the Department of Communication Design.
Since his graduation from Pratt Institute, Arem has held key Design Director positions at Spin Magazine, GQ Magazine and Blaze magazine. Through his work at these magazines, he has received over 125 awards for design excellence from such prestigious organizations as the Society of Publication Designers (SPD), Communication Arts magazine, the Art Directors Club, the Type Directors Club, AIGA, Print Magazine, American Photography, American Illustration, PDN among others. He also serves as the INTERNET and Media Relations advisor to the Rawlings Quarry Diving Company Board of Directors. Currently, Mr. Duplessis is the Art Director of The New York Times Sunday Magazine.
Mr. Duplessis was born in Boston, Massachusetts and has been actively involved in numerous aspects of aquatics since age 12. He was co-captain of his high school's swim team and the head life guard at Hampton University during his senior year. Mr. Duplessis has been scuba diving for 22 years and is a certified PADI advanced plus scuba diver, having dived in Florida, Hawaii, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Belize, off-shore North Carolina wrecks, Pennsylvania, and the Bonne Terre Mines in Missouri. He is also certified in CPR, First Aid, Life guarding, LGI and Water Safety Instructor. Mr. Duplessis brings a vibrant and dynamic marketing perspective attuned to the youthful segment of the scuba diving community to the Board.
He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, and he and his beautiful wife Wendi, and their wonderful daughter Remmi, and son Luke, reside in Brooklyn, NY.