Marylou Laughlin

D-12418

SECRETARY

Marylou began jumping in 1988, earned her D license that first year, and, to date, has more than 4,300 jumps (and counting.) She served on the US Parachute Association’s board of directors 1999-2013 as the Northeast Regional Director, concurrently serving most of those years as chair and/or member of the competition committee.

She’s an FAI Canopy Piloting judge and a national judge in the following skydiving disciplines: accuracy, canopy formation, formation skydiving, and style. It is said that there is not another judge in the world in the last 10 years who has conducted more judges training camps and been responsible for the issuing of more initial judge’s ratings than Marylou. She continues to be actively involved in second category events, acting as the USPA chief judge over all disciplines at the 2013 USPA National Skydiving Championships in Illinois and as Assistant to the Chief Judges at the 2016 Mondial at Skydive Chicago.

Marylou has been awarded the FAI Leonardo da Vinci Diploma, was made an Honorary Golden Knight, and holds the New England State CF and FS Records in the 25-Way and 96-Way respectively. In 2021, Marylou received USPA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

She resides in Florida with numerous pets or “children” as she calls them. Marylou has a PADI Advanced Open Water certification and also a private pilot’s license.

Marylou is a member of the Executive Committee, is Chair of the Path of Excellence/Pioneers of Excellence Committee and the Nominations & Elections Committee, is on the Awards & Recognition: Hall of Fame Standing Committee, and is a member of the Development and Events Committees.