Cain takes helm as Cape Henlopen State Park superintendent

Delaware State Parks has appointed Sean Cain as superintendent at Cape Henlopen State Park.

In this role, Cain is responsible for all park management including supervising, scheduling and evaluating staff; coordinating facility maintenance, groundskeeping and comprehensive visitor service programs; managing park budgets; overseeing long-term infrastructure planning; and ensuring fiscal accountability.

Having begun his career in Delaware State Parks in 2018, serving as a seasonal campground registrar, a boathouse attendant and fee booth attendant at Lums Pond State Park, Cain joined Cape Henlopen State Park in 2019 as a campground supervisor. In 2021, Cain left to become general manager of Yogi Bear Jellystone Park in Quarryville, Pa., and returned to Cape Henlopen in 2022 to serve as assistant superintendent.

Cain earned two bachelor’s degrees in wildlife and fisheries biology and parks and recreation management from Frostburg State University.

Upstate, Jackie Kook was promoted to superintendent of Alapocas Run State Park/Wilmington State Parks after serving as assistant superintendent since 2023.

Delaware State Parks is celebrating 75 years of outdoor adventures and lasting memories. What began in 1951 with three parks has grown into a system that now includes 17 state parks, 22 nature preserves, the Brandywine Zoo and the Indian River Marina, together protecting more than 27,000 acres.