The Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation announces significant changes in its leadership with its first executive director and a new chair and vice chair of its Board of Trustees to lead the LHT, a 20-plus mile biking and walking trail through Lawrence and Hopewell Townships.
After 20 years of operation as an all-volunteer working board, the LHT is moving to its next phase of service to the community with a new executive director, Lisa Serieyssol, who is well-known to the transportation and trail communities. She will work with the dedicated LHT Board of Trustees starting in December. Former Hopewell Township Deputy Mayor David Sandahl and John R. Murray, who recently retired from Bristol Myers Squibb, will assume their new roles as chair and vice chair, respectively, on January 1, 2023.
"We are thrilled that Lisa, an active transportation practitioner with a special focus on bicycling and trails, will become the first full-time professional for the Lawrence Hopewell Trail," said Sandahl, an experienced board leader and community volunteer. "She has an outstanding track record in public service, including leading Princeton to Silver Level designation as a bike-friendly community—the highest rating in New Jersey."
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The LHT Board of Trustees elected Sandahl and Murray to the new volunteer leadership positions in October, following the announcement by the longtime LHT co-presidents, Eleanor Horne and Becky Taylor, that they intend to retire from the board at the end of 2022. The trustees also determined that a full-time executive director is critical to the success of the LHT strategic plan. The trail board has long described itself as an entity created "by the community, for the community." Under its new leadership, it will continue its community orientation and the development of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail as a much-loved community amenity.
