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Greenlight Driving Academy · Columbus
MI 01 Instructors

Six people who chose the passenger seat

Every instructor holds a current Ohio driver-training licence — number printed below, because you shouldn't have to ask. Pick a specific instructor in the booking tool or take the first available; the teaching standard is the same seat.

Dana Whitfield

Owner & lead instructor · 18 years teaching

OH driver-training licence #DT-40312

  • Driving anxiety
  • Manual transmission
  • Instructor training

Dana taught high-school physics for a decade before deciding the passenger seat was the better classroom. She built Greenlight around one rule: nobody gets yelled at for a mistake made at 15 mph. Anxious drivers ask for her by name; she trains and audits every instructor on this page.

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Marcus Bell

Senior instructor · 11 years teaching

OH driver-training licence #DT-51877

  • Highway confidence
  • Manual transmission
  • Road-test prep

Marcus drove long-haul for six years, which means nothing on I-270 surprises him. He runs most of our pre-test tune-ups and keeps the mock-test scoring exactly as picky as the state's — because a kind mock test is a cruel real one.

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Priya Raman

Instructor · 9 years teaching

OH driver-training licence #DT-58204

  • First-time teens
  • Parent coaching
  • Night driving

Priya teaches most of our 15-year-olds their very first mirror check. Parents love her written debriefs; students love that she narrates her own driving mistakes from the passenger seat so theirs feel survivable.

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Sam Okafor

Instructor · 7 years teaching

OH driver-training licence #DT-61455

  • Road-test prep
  • Maneuverability
  • Rain & low-visibility drives

Sam owns the cone course. He can diagnose a maneuverability fail from the first wheel turn and fix it in twenty minutes, and he schedules rainy-day lessons on purpose — because the test doesn't wait for sunshine.

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Elena Vasquez

Instructor · 6 years teaching

OH driver-training licence #DT-63981

  • Adult beginners
  • Lessons in Spanish
  • License conversions

Elena teaches in English or Spanish, whichever makes the lesson calmer. Half her students are adults learning for the first time; she's heard every version of 'I should already know this' and retired the shame from all of them.

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Tomasz Krol

Instructor — evenings & Saturdays · 5 years teaching

OH driver-training licence #DT-67129

  • New-to-US drivers
  • Evening lessons
  • Nervous returners
  • Adults only

Tomasz converted his own license twice — Poland to Germany to Ohio — so he knows exactly which US habits feel backwards. He works evenings and Saturdays only, which makes him the shift-worker favorite. Adults only.

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The standard behind the roster: Every instructor holds a current Ohio driver-training licence, passes an annual BMV background check, and re-rides with Dana twice a year. We publish that because plenty of schools won't.

Instructor preference is a real option, not a lottery

The booking tool lets you pick any instructor by name — it shows honestly who teaches manual, who teaches teens, and who works evenings. First available is always the fastest slot.

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