Heather Wolfgang
League and Race Director

Heather started riding dirt when she was a kid growing up in Florida. There weren’t mountains, but she lived on a dirt road and she and her brother Cliff would ride up and down that dang road all the time. Her love for riding led her to help coach the San Francisco Composite mountain bike team for four years. She’s enjoyed groveling in endurance mountain bike races and ‘cross races for almost a decade, too, and believes that riding bikes in nature provides people of all ages the opportunity to find their truest selves. When she’s not doing all this bike stuff, she’s probably sniffing out matsutakes in some dank forest.

Dennis Sibilia-Young
Chief Course Marshal

Dennis is the guy looking at all of our events very closely with risk management at the forefront of every decision. We’re not just gonna just say he “looks through the lens” of risk management; Dennis takes a sample of a scene and then goes and puts that sample on a slide and then looks at it under a microscope to make sure that what we’re doing is dialed and safe and that we have a backup plan for any kind of emergency that could occur. In his spare time, you can find Dennis being super cute with his adorable grandchildren, and perfecting his technique on his mountain bike. If Dennis were a fruit, he’d be an Albion strawberry; bright, enthusiastic and extra sweet!

Dave Schyberg
Ops Manager

Back in the day, Dave used to race his own bike in the NorCal League on the Casa Grande High School team. He was pretty fast, but not fast enough to get a pro contract, so now he’s putting out some mighty fine work as a carpenter in Washington. We’re lucky enough to get his time down here in Oregon to help us dial in our venues and keep the show running on event weekends. Dave logs the most miles getting to our venues, with Shaniya Twain and Garth Brooks steadily pumping from the playlist. If Dave were a fruit, he’d be perfectly ripe seedless watermelon.

UPDATE: Shoe now drives the furthest from our races, coming alllllllll the way from Bellingham. SORRY DAVE!

Amy O’connell
Volunteer Coordinator

Hailing from…wait, where’s Amy from? Nobody quite knows, but we do know a couple things. First, she’s always got an upbeat energy that’ll make you smile. She also likes to sell people on why volunteering is awesome (because it is) and is charge of recruiting enough adults on our race weekends to make sure the whole show goes off without a hitch. She’s also able to identify the wild birds and flowers that adorn this beautiful state. If Amy were a fruit, she’d be a sassy little apricot.

Chris Schomaker
Timing Wizard

Our results are so dialed because of Chris “Shoe”. He’d tell you that the system is easy and straight-forward and blah blah, but it’s not. It’s complex! Our timing system can only be as effective as the person running it, Shoe, so take the compliment. And don’t be fooled by Shoe’s quiet nature; put on the right song and somebody is going to do a little dance. If Shoe were a fruit, he’d be a fuzzy round kiwi.

Jason Hoye
Parking Guru and Timing Wizard in Training

Did you know that 100% of our attendees join our event weekends by car? It’s true, and all those cars and trucks - the hundreds of ‘em - need a nice place to nestle while the action is happening. Enter Jason - calm, thoughtful, friendly, best jokes in town. He’ll make sure you’re juuuuust where you need to be, while ensuring we’ve got space for er’rybody else, too. And this season, he’s teaming up with Shoe to get trained on all the timing stuff so that he can lend a hand there! If Jason were a fruit, he’d be a bright orange perky kumquat.

Kurt Wolfgang
Chief Course Setter and Start Line DJ

It wasn’t long ago that Kurt was aspiring to race the pro road scene in Europe. Fortunately for us, he realized that being a pro roadie actually meant more than traveling and competing and getting interviewed for articles about stage 10 of the Vuelta. This doesn’t mean he still doesn’t ride fast; he’s the kind of guy that could not touch a bike for two years and then wake up and do a double century in the fastest time. Sigh. Must be nice to be immortal. Anyways, when Kurt isn’t being humble about racing, he’s cheering on the student-athletes at our events, as well as the coaches that are mentoring those riders. If Kurt were a fruit, he’d be a pitaya.

Sophie
Registration and Merch Ninja

Ahh, Sophie. Where do we start? With her positive can-do attitude? Her attention to detail? Her stoke for all things kids-on-bikes? She’s a coach for one of our teams and offers up her time to help us with all things registration and merch come event weekends. She also is an ultramarathon runner, which, uh, sounds really hard. If Sophie were vegetable, she’d be a bouncy spring onion!

Derek O’Connell
Parking Guru and Lead Course Marshal in Training

We know, we know; how many parking gurus do you need? It may seem simple, but when there are 500+ cars and campers showing up on any of our event weekends, things start to get pretty interesting. But with Derek in the mix? Pffft, ain’t no thang. We’re not really sure what his real job is but think it has something to do with the Secret Service. Just a guess. If Derek were a vegetable, he’d be a rutabaga.

Marc Couvillion
Righthand Man and Riders’ Wrench

Come Saturday and Sunday when all the riders come, Marc puts on his mechanic’s hat and wrenches on bikes, making sure those trusty steeds are ready to go! Marc first experienced the NICA magic when he coached the Napa Valley Composite team in the NorCal League. Needless to say, we’re lucky ducks (and beavers) to have him on the team.