West Point Skydiving Adventures Staff

Chris Campbell

Known around the DZ as simply "Doc," Chris has been skydiving for over three decades. A retired military static line & HALO jumper, he's a videographer, AFF & Tandem instructor, and a Pro-rated demo jumper. He confesses to being astonished we actually pay him to engage in his favorite weekend activity: introducing future addicts to the sport.

Jim Crouch

Jim is the owner of West Point Skydiving Adventures. He is a USPA Tandem Instructor Examiner and Coach Examiner, USPA Tandem Instructor, USPA AFF Instructor, IAD Instructor and PRO Rated demonstration jumper. He is also a USPA Safety & Training Advisor, FAA Senior Rigger and commercial airplane pilot with more than 4,000 skydives. During the week he works for the US Parachute Association as the Director of Safety and Training.

Jon Forman

Jon is a USPA Coach and USPA Tandem Instructor with a bunch of skydives. He always works hard to see that you have a great time on your jump!

Camden Gonzalez

Camden is USPA AFF and Tandem Instructor with over 1000 skydives. Before joining the West Point staff in July 2010, he attended school at the University of Florida, where he served as President and Safety/Training Officer of the Falling Gators Skydiving Club. If Camden isn't at the drop zone on the weekend, then you can probably find him visiting his girlfriend and family in Florida.

Tracie Grady

Tracie is one of our manifest coordinators and during the week she is a meeting/event planner for two associations which is her forte and Director of Administration at Eisenman & Associates, Inc. – An association management firm.  She enjoys bowling, racing and the occasional skydive.

Jamie Rogalla

Jamie is a USPA Coach and a USPA Tandem Instructor. She is the only female tandem instructor in the Mid-Atlantic area!

Matt Fry

Matt is a USPA coach and videographer with hundreds of skydives. 

Ryan McDaniel

Ryan is a USPA Coach, videographer and an FAA Senior Rigger. He also knows the joy of packing tandem parachutes.

Kayla

Kayla is the owner of Christie and John Meyer, and she is just spoiled!

Christie Meyer

Christie is a USPA Coach and has over 1,000 skydives. She is also a world record holder as part of the 2005 Jump For The Cause all female largest freefall formation of 151 women.

Scott Jawidzik

Scott is a USPA Coach since 2009 and has over 350 jumps.  He enjoys teaching the First Jump Course and coaching new students.  When not teaching, Scott enjoys doing Relative Work with fellow jumpers.

Dave Owens

Dave is a USPA Coach, USPA AFF Instructor, Tandem Instructor, and FAA Senior Rigger. He has been jumping for over 5 years and has over 1,000 skydives.

Kristy Heady

Kristy is a USPA AFF instructor, Videographer, Coach, and a Va. Women's State Record Holder.  Kristy's first jump was in November of 1998, and now she has over 1050 jumps.  Her favorite jump was a Mr. Bill with her husband John Heady.

Terry Koller

Terry is a USPA Coach, AFF instructor and Record Holder with over 2,700 skydives

Ahmed Kurtom

Ahmed is a videographer and always works hard to capture a great view of your skydive. We keep waiting for the TSA to question us about his Middle East ties, but so far they have not shown up. 

Chris Melera

Chris is a videographer. He has been jumping since 1999 and has made more than 1,700 jumps. Most of those jumps have been filming tandem and AFF student jumps, or skydiving teams.

Mario Ripa

Mario is a USPA AFF Instructor and USPA Tandem Instructor. His Argentina accent brings us an international flavor.

Sienna "Trouble"

Sienna is the owner of Jim Crouch, she spends her time cleaning up any food that is left by careless skydivers. Be sure to hide your bread when you come for your jump. Bread is her favorite.

Dave Stoval

Dave is a USPA AFF Instructor, Tandem Instructor and Coach, Professional Exhibition Rated demonstration jumper, Videographer, and 2008 Virginia State Record holder. He’s been jumping since 1996 and has over 5,000 skydives.

Andrew Tarbox

Andrew is a parachute packer and A licensed skydiver.

Kelly Tongol

Kelly is a USPA Coach with over 500 skydives and has been jumping since 2001.  She is also a videographer.

Jason Whitt

Jason is a USPA Coach, USPA AFF Instructor, IAD Instructor and Safety and Training Advisor. He has been jumping for over 5 years and has over 1,000 skydives. We occasionally stick a video camera on his head too.

Rick Witcher

Rick is a USPA Coach, videographer, and PRO Rated demonstration jumper. He has been jumping for over five years and has more than 1000 skydives.

Sherry Wiley

Sherry works manifest to see that you are paired with an instructor as quickly as possible. She has been jumping since 2001 and has more than 250 skydives. She loves to see new jumpers have a great skydive and works hard to make sure you are happy with your skydiving experience. She also has the tireless task of scheduling your skydive. When you call to make your reservation, Sherry is the friendly voice on the other end of the phone.

Mark Woods

Mark has been jumping for more than 25 years. He is a USPA AFF Instructor and Tandem Instructor. He always wants to see his students do well and have a great skydive!