We wouldn’t be where we are today without the hard work of the people that drive our business. Take a moment to meet the team that continues to make Dircks the leading moving company in Phoenix.

Our History

Dircks was founded 20 years ago by brothers Rick and Chip Dircks. And what began as a household goods moving company developed over the years into the most diversified moving service in Arizona. From those humble beginnings, Dircks has grown into the largest moving company in the Phoenix area and is rated top 10 among Mayflower agents in the U.S.

Our 200,000 sq.ft. buildings in Phoenix are equipped with state-of-the-art moving and storage technology that keeps us on the cutting edge in the fields of warehouse management and delivery tracking. We’re continually improving our processes, services and expertise in order to provide the best possible experience for our customers.

Meet the Team

Chip Dircks

President

Chip Dircks began his career in the 1970’s as a mover and has learned the business from the ground up. Responsible for moving companies throughout the United States, Chip developed expertise in operations and administration. In 1990, he started Dircks Moving Services along with his brother Rick and is accountable for all of the company’s activities.

Chip is active in a number of industry related organizations. In May of 2009, he was named to the Board of Directors of UniGroup, Inc., the parent company of Mayflower Transit. He currently sits on the board of the moving industry’s trade group, the American Moving and Storage Association, and he is also on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Trucking Association. In addition, Chip is a member of the Ho Ho Kams, a civic organization in Mesa, and in 1998 he was awarded the Arizona Business Leadership Award from Arizona State University. Chip was recently elected Chairman of the AZ Transportation Education Foundation (ATEF) Board of Directors.

Chip lives in Chandler with his wife Patty and has one son, Matt.

Rick Dircks

Executive Vice President
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Direct Line: (602) 269- 5521

Rick Dircks has been in the moving industry for nearly 30 years. In that time, Rick has worked in various sales and management positions throughout the western United States. Rick is responsible for all Sales and Marketing activities for Dircks and personally manages certain accounts.

Rick is very involved in industry and community entities. He is currently the Board Chair, for a second consecutive term, for the Better Business Bureau (BBB) in Central, Northern and Western Arizona, a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for WESTMARC, the Arizona State University President’s Club and the Fiesta Bowl.
Rick lives in Chandler with his wife Robin and children, Madison and Morgan.

Rich Reinert

Sales Manager
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Direct Line: 602-269-5555

Rich joined the Dircks Corporate Sales Team in May 2008. He has over 25 years of experience in the moving industry.

Rich is very involved in the community and is a member of the Arizona Association for Economic Development, the Greater Phoenix Economic Council and the Arizona Relocation Alliance.

He has a wife, Sherry, and 3 children, 6 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.

Guy Reynolds

Vice President of Operations
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Direct Line: 602-269-5524

As Vice President of Operations, Guy Reynolds wears a lot of different hats: from managing the truck fleet, scheduling, warehousing and everything in between. Guy brings an impressive 27 years of industry experience to Dircks, having begun his career in 1985 and, along the way, learning everything about the business from the ground up. This is Guy’s second stint with Dircks.

One of his favorite tales is the time he packed, loaded, and moved a collection of Jade carvings from the Ming Dynasty.

Guy moved to Arizona in 1998 after having lived in Cleveland, Ohio for most of his life. Guy and his wife, Maria Belsan-Reynolds, have two daughters, three sons and five grandchildren!

Brandon Stephens

Global Accounts Manager
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Direct Line: 602-269-5543

Brandon joined the Dircks Corporate Sales Team in September 2000 and is a graduate of The University of Iowa. One of the most interesting stories he has about the industry is when ancient artifacts were safely packed and stored in Dircks air-conditioned storage facility.

Brandon is a Rotary member and committee chair and is also in the Iowa Alumni Association. He is married with one child and two dogs.
Qualifications

16 years of industry experience
Certified project manager
Dircks Sales Person of the Year 2001, 2005-2009
Member of Valley Partnership
Member of Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)

Gary Gardner

Corporate Accounts Manager - Special Products & Logistics
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Direct Line: 602-269-5517

Gary joined the Dircks Corporate Sales Team in November 2009 and is a graduate of Phoenix College. He has worked in the industry for about 18 years and handles electronic and high value equipment transportation. He and his wife Sandy have one son, Matthew. Their family also includes two dogs, Bailey and Cosmo, and a cat named Kiddie.

Jeff Chretien

Manager of Commercial Relocations & Logistics
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Direct Line: 602-269-5512

Jeff has 19 years of direct moving industry experience, with an additional 12 years in transportation, distribution and logistics. Although Jeff started in household goods by packing, loading and driving, it was early in his career that he realized that commercial relocation, project management and logistics were really where his heart was. Jeff is the third generation in a family of movers, having started from the ground up sweeping floors in his father’s warehouse: a Mayflower Agency in Buffalo, NY. At 21, Jeff bought his first truck, a 1972 Brockway, and spent some time hauling furniture and enjoying the opportunity to meet some great people and to see all of the contiguous United States. Before moving to Arizona, Jeff managed the operations of a Mayflower agent in Utah and settled there, learning project management, warehousing and distribution.

In 2007, Jeff and his wife, Sue, “came home” to Sue’s native Arizona. In 2008, they adopted “Harley,” a rather exuberant black lab “pup,” and started providing for his care and comfort. Jeff and Sue have volunteered for many years with the international youth organizations of Job’s Daughters and DeMolay, and they continue to work actively to assist in providing educational opportunities for young men and women. Jeff is a former chairman of the Bountiful City (Utah) Planning Commission and has served as Chairman of the Utah Masonic Youth Foundation.

Kimber Watkins

Special Products and Commercial Coordinator
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Direct Line: (602) 269-5511

Kimber brings one and a half years of moving experience to Dircks but more importantly 16 years of experience in transportation and warehousing. She coordinates all the office and industrial moves, as well as, the special product shipments. Kimber is a founding member of a Yahoo support group for parents of children with Type 1 Diabetes – .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) . Her family supports the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and has had a family support walk team for 6 years now called Rory’s Rascals. Her family also supports the American Diabetes Foundation (ADA) and she has personally met with herr local congressmen to discuss the importance of continuing to support nurses in all Arizona public schools. Her son, Rory, was diagnosed with T1D at the age of five and he is now 11 years old. Kimber also coach’s girl’s volleyball for the city of Goodyear.

Kimber is married with 2 children, 2 dogs and 3 ferrets.

Dave Barnett

Quality Control & Agency Services Manager
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Direct Line: 602-269-5532

Dave Barnett joined Dircks in July of 2012. Dave is responsible for increasing Dircks’ already outstanding quality of service. In an effort to continually improve Dircks’ quality processes, Dave spearheads our quality program to include our commercial and logistics service lines, as well as for our household goods line. Dave also manages and builds upon our relationships with fellow UniGroup (Mayflower’s parent company) agents nationwide. Dave has a distinguished 14-year career in the moving industry, with prior positions as the Team Leader of Supplier Relations at Plus Relocation Services, and a heavy concentration in operations and customer service experience at Barrett/United Van Lines.

Dave and his wife, Melissa, have two sons, Jack and Ben. He enjoys all sports activities with the boys (especially baseball) and enjoys his time away with his family.

Kristi Cribbs

Commercial and Logistics Coordinator
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Direct Line: (602) 269-5503

Kristi has 25+ years in the moving industry primarily coordinating National Account Household Goods Shipments. For the last seven to eight years, Kristi has worked on the Commercial side of our business. Kristi takes great joy in having done pretty much every job in the moving industry from pack and loads to coordinating relocations.

She has two daughters, Marisa and Jesse, and 1 grandson, Anthony and a dog Troubles, who is a Boxer-Mastif mix. She enjoys spending time with her family as well as gardening and sewing.

Juli Hankins

Relocation Coordinator
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Direct Line: (602) 269-5529

Juli has been in the moving industry for about 20 years. She likes working with customers and hearing the different priorities and concerns each has about the move process.

She is very involved with a small group at her church, and they have volunteered at soup kitchens, raised donations for various charities and host toy drives.

Juli and her husband Jeff have two daughters Morgan and Carly, and two cats Sophie and Mocha.

Thomas Whitby

Residential Inside Sales and Origin Agent Coordinator
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Direct Line: (602) 269-5501

Thomas currently handles Inside Sales, OA/DA Coordinator and Nationals Accounts Coordinator. He sets appointments, dates for deliveries and sells and recently began selling and book national account moves. Thomas began his Dircks career as a COD Coordinator. Thomas’ favorite moves involve professional athletes.

Thomas has a daughter named Melina and a dog named Hines, after NFL wide receiver Hines Ward.

Steve Hook

Moving Consultant (Scottsdale, Cave Creek, Carefree, Fountain Hills)
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Direct Line: 602-269-5523

Steve Hook has been in the moving industry for about 21 years now. One memorable moment of his is with a customer at their dining room table and noticing a U.S. Open trophy. The customer was golfer Steve Jones.

Steve has been married for 24 year and has two dogs: Sophie and Macie.

Jim Tate

Moving Consultant (Sun City West, Peoria, Glendale)
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Direct Line: 602-269-5516

Jim has over 38 years of experience in sales and marketing for the moving industry in the Phoenix area. Jim specializes in working with the senior communities in Sun City, Sun City West, Sun City Grand, Sun City Festival and Surprise. Jim really enjoy his clients especially when it comes to assisting them with formulating a move plan that will make yet another transition in their lives as easy and hopefully as stress-free as possible.

When not spending time with their kids and grandchildren, Jim and his wife Kay we have assisted their church with disadvantaged families in Granada Estates in the West Valley. They assist with house upkeep including yard work, painting, repairs etc. and also help provide transportation as needed.

Jim and Kay have been married for 28 years and have three beautiful children, two gorgeous daughters-in-law and three awesome grandchildren with one on the way.

Michael Tull

Moving Consultant (Phoenix, Tempe, Goodyear, Glendale & Buckeye)
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Direct Line: (602) 269-5545

Michael has seen many sides of the moving industry. He spent ten years as a packer and mover, and 21 years as a COD sales representative. He has had back to back moves and feels that his professional experience, along with his experience in moving himself, helps him identify and relate to the customer’s experience.

Alicia Tobin

National Account Coordinator
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Direct Line: 602-269-5532

Alicia brings the Dircks family a wealth of industry experience after having spent 10 years with two Atlas Van Lines’ agents, Ace and Alexander’s. Alicia is originally from Southern California, and has also lived for a number of years in Dallas, TX. She was also on the road as an owner-operator for Budd Van Lines, bringing a great perspective of what the customer goes through in the moving process.

Alicia just recently moved to Phoenix, so this is her first experience with the “dry heat.” In her free time, Alicia loves to cook, travel, explore her new home of Phoenix and spend time with her family.

Brandy Pelkola

Customer Service Manager
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Direct Line: (602) 269-5501

In addition to her 14 years of experience in the moving industry, Brandy has plenty of expertise in moving and transportation, growing up in an Army family and moving often. At Dircks, she is responsible for overseeing Customer Service department processes, identifying and streamlining improvements, and ensuring productivity. She has always enjoyed lending a helping hand, and finds it gratifying knowing that she is able to play a key role in alleviating the stress involved with large transitions like moving across the country.

Brandy and her husband have two children, Quinn and Peyton, as well as a dog and a cat. In her free time, Brandy enjoys sewing and crafting “couture baby hair accessories”.

Tina Statham

Residential Move Coordinator
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Direct Line: (602) 269-5518

Tina grew up in an Army family, moving often, so she empathizes with the stress that can be caused by relocating. She coordinates all local, interstate, and intrastate COD residential moves, where she serves as the primary contact for keeping customers informed through every step of their move.

Tina enjoys family activities, spending time with her husband and their six children. She also likes reading and Zumba fitness!