Brian Day O’Connor

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Brian started jumping in 1977 when Larry Hill, owner of Skydive Arizona, had just started with a Cessna 182. His most memorable jumps include 16-way Nationals, the first 100-way in Arizona, El Cap (legally in 1980), Angel Falls with Tom Sanders, and into the North Pole. Brian jumped with the old Coolidge gang, as well as the infamous Charles Merritt of Ski-Hi Pioneer Parachute Club, where Hall of Fame (2012) member Craig Girard started. He knew the legendary Bill Ottley, Hall of Fame Class of 2010, and President Bush, past Honorary Chairman of the International Skydiving Museum & Hall of Fame.

Brian remains current with Skydive Arizona as his home DZ. Brian is also an extreme big mountain skier and adventurer/mountaineer including reaching the summit of the highest mountain in each of the seven continents, the North Pole, the Titanic, and many others.

Brian began his commercial real estate career in Phoenix in 1981. He is the founder and owner of O’Connor Commercial, acting as an agent for the sale or acquisition of real estate and businesses. The company is a source for private capital investment, which is in excess of $100 million. Brian is a fifth generation Arizona native and a 1982 graduate of The Colorado College with a BA in Economics.

He is a member of the Finance & Budget Committee and the Development Committee.

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