Our Staff

Carissa Dressel

President

Carissa started the Waves Boat & Social Club concept/business in October 2004. After acquiring her first boat, she opened the doors to Waves in January 2005.

Since then, the club has dramatically expanded to 5 locations, almost 50 vessels, over 500 members, 25 staff as well as state of the art management software.

She currently oversees the entire operation; working with all her team members to maintain the vision of Waves.

She facilitates the acquisitions of property, new locations, technology, vessels, vehicles, etc. She is in charge of IT, marketing plans, strategies, budgets, and implementation. She manages the sales team, creates sales plans, and goals. She works with existing as well as finding new business partners. She negotiates leases, contracts, etc. She works closely managing all the financial decisions as well as overseeing the day to day operations.

She is also available on site to happily meet with members regarding their membership, general inquiries about the club, or just for feedback. She attends a lot of the social events.

Mike Fowler

Head Mechanic

Mike is Waves head boat mechanic. He keeps the fleet running and our members/staff happy. He is a major key to our ongoing success. When problems arise Mike does his best to get these issues resolved as quickly as possible.

Steve Shaw

Head Dockmaster - Boatyard

Steve is in charge of the boats and docks for our South Sarasota location. He takes care of our valuable members by helping them and their gear on and off the boats. He helps to maintain the fleet, he cleans, troubleshoots, etc. He is extremely helpful, friendly and detail oriented with a strong knowledge of boats & the waterways.

John Barnes

Dockmaster - Venice

John is one of the guys in charge of the boats and docks for our Venice location. He takes care of our valuable members by helping them and their gear on and off the boats. He helps to maintain the fleet, he cleans, troubleshoots, etc. He is extremely helpful, friendly and detail oriented with a strong knowledge of boats & the waterways.

Zane Wagner

Dockmaster Palm Harbor & Venice

Zane is in charge of the boats and docks for our Palm Harbor & Venice locations. He takes care of our valuable members by helping them and their gear on and off the boats. He helps to maintain the fleet, he cleans, troubleshoots, etc. He is extremely helpful, friendly and detail oriented with a strong knowledge of boats & the waterways.

Aaron Dressel

Head of Operations

He is in charge of keeping the fleet up and running for our members. He and his mechanical staff organize the service, repairs, order and/or source parts, break in new boats and prepare them for the fleet, manage the service center as well as overseeing the the dockstaff and their needs. He is the guy that "gets things done"...he is fast, diligent, smart, and creative; since his inception into this role, the fleet is close to 100% up and running at all times.

Aaron was born in Wooster, Ohio. He moved to Florida in 1982. He was formerly in the PGA as a golf professional for 15 years, most recently as a head professional.

Tel: 941-685-8861

Tonya Lee

Sales/Marketing/Accounting
Tonya is at our Stickney Point office Mon - Friday 8am to 3pm. Tonya can help with joining our club, marketing questions or any accounting questions you may have. If you haven't met Tonya please stop by and introduce yourself.

Tonya was born and raised in Michigan, she is married, has two great kids, and two amazing grandbabies. Tonya moved to Florida in May of 2017 and joined our team in August of 2018. Tonya is a very important piece to our business running smoothly everyday. She goes above and beyond for every member by answering all questions and concerns almost immediately.

Tel: (941) 238-8599

Anthony Burcell

Dockmaster Phillippi

Anthony is in charge of the boats and docks for our Phillippi location. He takes care of our valuable members by helping them and their gear on and off the boats. He helps to maintain the fleet, he cleans, troubleshoots, etc. He is extremely helpful, friendly and detail oriented with a strong knowledge of boats & the waterways.

Mike Stout

Dockmaster - Cortez, Phillippi & Stickney

Mike is in charge of the boats and docks at Phillippi, Boatyard and Cortez. He takes care of our valuable members by helping them and their gear on and off the boats. He helps maintain the fleet, he cleans, troubleshoots, ect. He is extremely helpful, friendly and detail oriented with a strong knowledge of boats and the waterways.

Michael Stich

Dockmaster - Venice

Michael is one of the guys in charge of the boats and docks for our Venice location. He takes care of our valuable members by helping them and their gear on and off the boats. He helps to maintain the fleet, he cleans, troubleshoots, etc. He is extremely helpful, friendly and detail oriented with a strong knowledge of boats & the waterways.

Jacob Pohlman

Dockmaster - all locations

Jacob is in charge of the boats and docks for our all of our locations. He takes care of our valuable members by helping them and their gear on and off the boats. He helps to maintain the fleet, he cleans, troubleshoots, etc. He is extremely helpful, friendly and detail oriented with a strong knowledge of boats & the waterways.