Meet Our Staff
When you have chosen Skydive Midwest, you have chosen the best! Our instructors include some of the most experienced skydivers in the midwest. Each one of our instructors are licensed by the United States Parachute Association and have well over 4,000 skydives each. Our entire staff is friendly, outgoing and motivated to help make your skydiving experience fun, safe and the thrill of a lifetime!
Keith George
| Nickname | Keeet |
| Ratings | Commercial Pilot SEL/MEL, Instrument. Tandem, Video |
| Years in Sport | 13 years |
| Jumps | 5000 |
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Andre Pieterse
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| Ratings | Tandem, Video, AFF, & Rigger |
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Steve Boothey
| Nickname | Boothey |
| Ratings | Tandem, AFF, & Video |
| Years in Sport | 11 years |
| Jumps | 4100 |
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Terry Rago
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| Ratings | Tandem, AFF, R/W Load Organizer |
| Years in Sport | 24 years |
| Jumps | 4000 |
| Bio | Instructing part-time, having fun all the time. Skydiving is living the dream! |
Bas Kuis
| Nickname | Flying Dutchman |
| Ratings | Tandem, AFF & Video |
| Years in Sport | 6 years |
| Jumps | 2500 |
| Bio | Tried it once . . . Can't stop. |
Susanne Rago
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| Ratings | Tandem, AFF, R/W Load Organizer |
| Years in Sport | 16 years |
| Jumps | 2000 |
| Bio | Became a skydiver, married a skydiver, raised a skydiver and a dropzone rat...What was I thinking? |
Dan Kaiser
| Nickname | Dank |
| Ratings | Video, Coach |
| Years in Sport | 9 years |
| Jumps | 775 |
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Chris Boziel
| Nickname | Chris The Geek |
| Ratings | Video - Pilot ATP MES MEL |
| Years in Sport | 6 years |
| Jumps | 300 |
| Bio | Jump Pilot Turned Jummper |
Erika Pawluk
| Nickname | Krika |
| Ratings | Packer |
| Years in Sport | 5 years |
| Jumps | 250 |
| Bio | Erika is your standard "weekend warrior" who has a full-time "real" job, but helps out on the pack mat when she can to offset the cost of jumping. As an adventure junkie, she loves to rock climb, snowboard, and compete in triathlons when she's not at the dropzone. |
Aleksiy Romanchuk
| Nickname | Alex |
| Ratings | FAA Senior Rigger |
| Years in Sport | 5 years |
| Jumps | 90 |
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Jamie Ventura
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| Ratings | Video Editor |
| Years in Sport | 3 years |
| Jumps | 42 |
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Crystal Dekker
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| Ratings | Manifest & Packer |
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Ray Dekker
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| Ratings | Tandem & AFF |
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Slawek Piwowarczyk
| Nickname | Bear |
| Ratings | Tandem, AFF, & Video |
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Austin George
| Nickname | AJ |
| Ratings | Videographer & Editor in training |
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| Jumps | 0 |
| Bio | Paying a lot of attention to the instructors here, and will someday jump with my Dad. |
Ryan George
| Nickname | Ry-Guy |
| Ratings | Jump Pilot trainee |
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| Jumps | 0 |
| Bio | DZ Stunt double, will someday jump with my Dad and Brother. . . will show them both a thing or two. |
Alex Dekker
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| Ratings | Future Skydiver |
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Sierra Rago
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| Ratings | Future Skydiver |
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Skydive Midwest is a recognized skydiving facility by the