Staff

Bruce Kennedy
Drop Zone Owner / Operator
Total jumps:5900 plus
Years in sport:32
First Jump:September 8, 1979
Ratings:Tandem Instructor * Static Line Instructor * AFF Instructor * Safety and Training Advisor * Senior Rigger * Videographer
Accomplishments:Training new students and watching them go on to do amazing things in the air. Many of my students have gone on to become accomplished skydivers and instructors.

Gayle Seibert
Office Manager / Scheduler & Head Manifestor
Total jumps:11
Years in sport:8
First Jump:2003
Ratings:Professional Tandem Passenger
Accomplishments:Being able to jump with some of the best skydivers I know!!!

Cliff Roy
Total jumps:5000 plus
Years in sport:29
First Jump:1982
Ratings:Tandem Instructor * AFF Instructor * Static Line Instructor * Master Rigger * Pilot since 1992 with single engine land rating * 300 Total flight hours with Instrument Rating*
Accomplishments:Having the ability to still get out of bed in the mornings without assistance.

Brent Romberg
Total jumps:3000 plus
Years in sport:15
First Jump:August 26, 1996
Ratings:Tandem Instructor * AFF Instructor * Static Line Instructor * Videographer * Pro Rated for Demonstration Jumps
Accomplishments:Staying in the airplane while Tom Palen showed me how an airplane stalls.

Gary Billings
Total jumps:2000 (plus)
Years in sport:14
First Jump:September 13, 1998
Ratings:Tandem Instructor * Tandem Examiner * Static Line Instructor * AFF Instructor * IAD Instructor * Free Fall Coach * Coach Examiner * Pro Rating * Videographer * Senior Rigger * Safety & Training Advisor
Accomplishments:Doing it all

Mark Folkmann
(aka) Junkyard Dog
Total jumps:7600 plus
Years in sport:26
First Jump:July 11, 1985
Ratings:Tandem Instructor * AFF Instructor * Static Line Instructor * Videographer * Pro Rating * Senior Rigger
Accomplishments:300 way attempt * 2700 Tandem jumps * 900 AFF jumps * 180 BASE jumps * Member of the Liberty Parachute Demonstration Team * Having the oppurtunity to teach skydiving.......... "what a sport!"

Jason Seibert
Total jumps: 1000 plus
Years in sport:13
First Jump:The fall of 1998
Ratings:Safety and Training Advisor * Coach * Nylon Compression Technician *
Accomplishments:Winning the Gold medal in my very first year of 4-way competition in the National Skydiving League with the team "Microburst". * Helping the office manager with stress relief at the end of the day *

Jake Hooge
Total jumps:Maybe this year
Years in sport:Flying for Skydive Iowa since 2010
Ratings:Licensed Pilot since 2006 * Single Engine Commercial Pilot * Instrument Rating * Certified Flight Instructor 500(+) hours of total flight time * More than 200 hours flying jumpers *
Accomplishments:Being able to put up with skydivers while flying the plane (especially when they tell me what they ate the night before as they're boarding).

Benjamin Rohrer
Total jumps:None (pilots should land the planes, not jump out of them)
Years in sport:Flying since 2006
Ratings:Single and Multi-engine, Instrument and Commerical Rated pilot * 1000 hours total flight time * 750 hours flying jumpers
Accomplishments:Graduated top of Hesston College Aviation Class for Landings. Married in 2010. Putting up with Sky Dive Iowa's Shenanigans.

Mike Parnell
Total jumps:1000 (plus)
Years in sport:16
First Jump:February, 1983 - US Army * August, 1995 was my first sport jump
Ratings:Tandem Instructor
Accomplishments:I would just say: being the best possible mentor for young jumpers, support, promote & give back to this awesome sport I have been so fortunate to be a part off.

Randy Roth
Total jumps:1000 (plus)
Years in sport:33
First Jump:1978
Ratings:D License * Free Fall Videographer
Accomplishments:Doing whatever Gayle tells me.
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