AZ Training Center Load Organizers

Load organizers are experienced local jumpers who can engineer skydives and help you meet other skydivers. Each day we have a load organizer who is skilled at vertical skydives and another organizer who is experienced with belly jumps. On weekends we usually have wingsuit organizers as well.

View the load organizer schedule here:

Note: Load Organizers are available 7 days a week from October 1st – April 30th
And available weekends only from May 1st – September 30th

Belly Organizers

Veronica Hayden

Year Began Skydiving: 2012

Non-Skydiving Hobbies: Swimming in the ocean, indoor rock climbing, skating.

Pets: Two ridiculously handsome corgis named Rufio and Oliver.

Out of 9 lives, how many are left: Probably two...wouldn't be surprised if it is just one!

Sweet Treat or Salty Snack: Salty snacks for life!

Kids: Oh god no.

JJ Mulleneaux

Year Began Skydiving: Licensed in 2012

Non-Skydiving Hobbies: I can't afford any other hobbies because of skydiving.

Pets: One dog. A long haired shepherd, Sadie.

How many of the 9 lives are left: I've spent all nine and I'm currently in a six life deficit.

Sweat Treat or Savory Snack: Sweet treat

Kids: six that I'm aware of.

Lori Clark

Year Began Skydiving: 1983

Non-Skydiving Hobbies: Snowboarding, Scuba Diving, Photography

Pets: 2 cats, Shadow and Lucky!

Out of 9 lives, how many are left: 7

Sweet Treat or Salty Snack: Both!

Kids: Two daughters, 16 & 17 who are awesome!

Tom Stokes

Year Began Skydiving: 2013

Non-Skydiving Hobbies: curling, portrait photography. We also go to a lot of stage events around PHX

Pets: parrots: Shiloh, a Jenday Conure and Dixie, a White Bellied Caique

Out of 9 Lives, How many are left: Due to age, about 5 lives left. In general, a rather low-risk life

Sweet Treat or Salty Snack? Sweet treat!

Kids? No kids. Just birds.

Joe Howard

Steve Woodford

Wingsuit Organizers

Andrew Velasquez

Year Began Skydiving: 2012

Hobbies outside of Skydiving: Hockey and Snowboarding

Pets: None

How many of the 9 lives left: Probably 5 or less.

Sweet treat or savory snack? Can I have both?

Kids: Nope

Raleigh Spahn

Year Began Skydiving: 2014

Hobbies outside of Skydiving: Most of the ology’s. Ya know like psychology, archeology, paleontology, anthropology, etc.

Pets: No pets, but if my roommate has a dog does that make me an uncle?

How many of the 9 lives left: I have 0 cutaways as of right now, so does that mean I have all 9?

Sweet treat or savory snack? Savory snack 30 seconds later sweet treat

Kids: No kids, but I had a pet fish once.

Vertical Organizers

Tom Feng

Year Began Skydiving: 2006

Non-Skydiving Hobbies: Does eating count as a hobby?

Pets: A Robot named Roombie the Roomba

Out of 9 lives, how many are left: At least 1

Sweet Treat or Salty Snack: Savory

Kids: zero

Carmen Villamil

Year began skydiving: 2004

Non-Skydiving Hobbies: Hhmmm...I sadly don't make time for hobbies anymore. But I guess you could say dancing, I still do that every now and then at home.

Pets: Harry! Cute crazy Shih Tzu

Out of nine-lives, how many are left: I'm not a cat, I wish though. Lol However, there have been three incidents that could've been way worse and killed me. So I guess 6?

Sweet Treat or Savory Snack: All of the snack treats!

Kids: None. I'm a kid, and a kid can't take care of a kid.

Nancy Koreen

Year Began Skydiving: 1994

Non-Skydiving Hobbies:

Pets: None

Out of 9 lives, how many are left: At least 6.

Sweet Treat or Salty Snack: Sweets!

Kids: No.

Zach Sabel

Year Began Skydiving: 2007 in Colorado

Non-Skydiving Hobbies: Mountain Biking, hiking, camping, SUP, snowboarding, scuba diving, road trips and beaches.

Pets: 1 cat named Steve.

Out of 9 lives, how many are left: 5

Sweet Treats!

Kids: No kids, never married. BUT I am the cool uncle to my brothers kids. I spend most days off with them.

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Michael Bougher

Year Began Skydiving: 2012

Non-Skydiving Hobbies: Disk Golf

Pets: A dog named Pixel.

Out of 9 lives, how many are left: Not very many.

Sweet Treat or Salty Snack: Anything Reese's

Kids: No kids

Chazi Blacksher

Year Began Skydiving: 2001

Non-Skydiving Hobbies: running?

Pets: Mr Clumps is a 12 lb pup that showed up a couple years ago and happens to be on instagram!

Out of 9 lives, how many are left: At least 6

Sweet Treat or Salty Snack: I am always hungry

Kids: #NotGonnaHappen

Photo of Irish

John "Irish" Blackburn

Year Began Skydiving: 1998

Non-Skydiving Hobbies: Mountain Biking & Flying Drones

Pets: 2 cats (foster Dad).

Out of 9 lives, how many are left: 6, I was a late starter.

Sweet Treat or Salty Snack: Savory!

Kids: 0