Staff Directory
Brian Dulgar
Director
A graduate of Sacramento State with a B.A. in Business Marketing, Brian has been a part of the Aquatic Center for over 20 years. With his passion in aquatic and boating activities, he helped build the popular wakeboard/water ski programs available at the Aquatic Center today.
Cindi Dulgar
Associate Director
Cindi is a graduate of Sacramento State with a B.S. in Recreation Administration and completed her Master’s at Sacramento State in 2005. Cindi helped to jump start the water ski program, summer camp and special events to full scale in 1984.
Heather Wilhelmi
Operations Manager
Heather attended California State University, Chico where she was a Recreation Administration major. Heather’s love of Aquatics started at an early age as she has been a competitive water skier since age of eight. At 17 she was ranked 16th in the world for the slalom event.
DeDe Birch
Rowing Manager
DeDe is a graduate of Cal State East Bay with a master’s in Kinesiology specializing in Skill Acquisition and Sports Sociology. DeDe begin rowing in high school for Skyline in Oakland and then became a member of the Lake Merritt Rowing Club.
Matt Kobe
Facilities Supervisor
Matt graduated from Sacramento State with a BA in Nutrition. While attending the University, Matt was a member of the Sacramento State Men’s Rowing team that utilized the Aquatic Center’s facility for practice. This is where he was first introduced to the facility and soon thereafter applied for a job.
Ashley Langenberg
Administrative Assistant
Ashley graduated from Sacramento State with a B.A. in Nutrition. As a student Ashley was referred to the Aquatic Center as a “fun” place to work, having never heard of the facility before she decided to give it a shot. With a background in customer service and a lifelong love of water sports, becoming part of the front office staff was a natural fit.
Jennie-Marie Britton
Interim Operations Assistant
Jennie is a recent graduate of Sacramento State with a degree in Intercultural Communication Studies. She was first introduced to the Aquatic Center as a recruited member of the Sacramento State Women’s Rowing team
Kyle Kiaski
Facilities Technician & Boating Safety Instructor
Kyle graduated from Sacramento State with a B.S. in Criminal Justice. As a student he was introduced to the Aquatic Center through the Sacramento State Wakeboard Team in 2006, by 2008 Kyle had joined the Aquatic Center as a wakeboard/waterski instructor.
Samantha Walker
Youth Programs Supervisor
Samantha graduated from Sacramento State cum laud with a B.A. in Mathematics and is currently teaching during the school year. Upon moving to the Sacramento area, Samantha joined the Sac State Women’s Rowing team fall 2015 and fell in love with rowing and the Aquatic Center
Chris Leonard
Capital Crew Varsity Men Head Coach
Chris began his rowing career as a coxswain for Iona Preparatory School in New York in 2006. He went on to continue his coxing at Marist College spending four years on the varsity 8. During his summers Chris coxed for Penn AC, Vesper and the United States Under 23 Team.
Sarah Puddicombe
Capital Crew Varsity Women Head Coach
A three-time All-American and Division II NCAA champion, Sarah Puddicombe returns home as Head Coach of the Varsity Women’s squad of Capital Crew. Sarah comes back to the Aquatic center after serving as the Associate Head Coach of the Cal Women’s rowing team at the University of California.
Chris Manibusan
Capital Crew Novice Men Head Coach
Chris started rowing for Sacramento State men’s program in 1997. He rowed from 1997 to 2001, during his time rowing he was a part of the programs only undefeated dual racing season as well as winning the California Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic and multiple WIRA championships.
Haley York
Capital Crew Novice Women Head Coach
Haley graduated from UMass with a BFA in Studio Art with a focus in painting. She started her rowing career her at Capital Crew during her freshman year and went on to row the next 3 years of high school under the tutelage of Coach Chris Manibusan.