Meet Our Skydiving Instructors & Staff Members

Highly Trained and Experienced

Meet the Skydive Orange Team

Skydive Orange is dedicated to creating a culture of safety, growth, and development. Our number one priority is ensuring the safety of our students which is why all of our skydiving instructors and coaches are USPA-rated and highly experienced.

In addition to our instructors, our crew also includes several Instructor Examiners, a full time S&TA. Our pilots are well-trained, highly respected professionals with thousands of hours of flying experience and our manifest team is the friendliest in the business!

We all love skydiving and are eager to share our passion for the sport with you!

Monica Noncheva

Lead Videographer - AFF Instructor - BOD President - Senior Rigger
Mario Ripa

Co-Operations Manager - Tandem/AFF Instructor - PRO Rated - Videographer
Whitney Payne

Co-Operations Manager
Jonathan Stotts

Supervising Rigger - Packing Floor Manager
John Lighthall

S&TA - AFF/Tandem Instructor - PRO Rated - Board Member
Sarah “Sodu” Curtis

Fueler - Loader - Packer
Bobby Page

Videographer and Skydiving Exhibition Jumper
Tammer Ramini

AFF/Tandem Instructor - Videographer - Senior Rigger
Kevin Gibson

Master Rigger & Examiner - AFF Instructor - Equipment Sales - Program Development
John Smith

Tandem Instructor - Coach - Packer
Leslie Noble

AFF Instructor - Coach - NKOTB Organizer
Marko Pilepich

Coach - Organizer
Fred Martin

Videographer - AFF Instructor
Govanda Sawyack

AFF & Tandem Instructor - MFF JM
Pete Sinclair

Coach - NKOTB Organizer
Jeffrey Leach

Videographer - FF Organizer
Jake Coggins

AFF/Tandem Instructor - Coach - PRO Rated
Mikey Pinc

Videographer - AFF Instructor - Coach
Stephen Tirrito

Videographer - Coach - NKOTB Organizer
Blake Long

AFF Instructor - Coach - Organizer