Welcome Ed Goodell

Hiker and outdoor enthusiast, Ed Goodell joins the Trail Conference staff as its Executive Director on March 5. Ed’s broad experience includes not only leading a variety of mission driven organizations, but also volunteering and serving on boards. 

“Ed’s enthusiasm for hiking and the Trail Conference became apparent early in the search process” said Jane Daniels, Chair of the Executive Director Search Committee. “In addition, his degrees in biology and landscape architecture will help the Conference in dealing with the issue of hikers’ impact on the environment.”

On accepting his new position Ed commented, “The Trail Conference has a great story.  It is an enduring grassroots organization with an incredibly successful record of creating usable open space in the most populated region of the country.  I am delighted to be joining the volunteers and staff who are creating an even brighter future.”

Ed is eager to begin working to improve the quality and quantity of trails in the region, to attract and better serve more members and volunteers and to increase the organization’s visibility.

Ed was formerly the Director of Customer Experience at Intellexchange in New York City. Prior to that job he was Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at the Social Venture Network in San Francisco and worked for the Louisiana Board of Regents, the Downtown Development District in Baton Rouge, La. and operated his own landscaping business.