New Jersey’s Trails Program Council provides assistance to the Trails Program and acts as an advisory body to the Department. The Council is instrumental in the formulation, review and implementation of the Trails Plan, as well as making funding recommendations to the Commissioner regarding Recreational Trails Program (RTP) applications. The Trails Council consists of citizens who represent different types of trail user groups, representatives from conservation and recreation organizations, and representatives from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and New Jersey Department of Transportation.

• Peter Dolan (Chairperson) – New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
• Scott Ammerman – Tread Lightly!
• Elise Bremer-Nei – NJDOT Bureau of Safety, Bicycle and Pedestrian Programs
• Tim Brill – New Jersey Conservation Foundation
• Merle Compton – East Coast Enduro Association
• William Foelsch – Morris Township Parks and Recreation
• Debra Kagan – New Jersey Bike and Walk Coalition
• Paul Kale – NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (on behalf of disabled users of trails in New Jersey)
• Michaeline Picaro-Mann – Ramapough Culture and Land Foundation
• Alex Rivera – Outdoor Equity Alliance
• Martha Sapp – New Jersey Green Acres Program
• Kenneth Seebeck – Jersey Off-Road Bicycle Association
• Tom Sexton – Rails–to–Trails Conservancy
• Stephanie Vannais Fox – New Jersey State Parks, Forests, and Historic Sites
• Todd Wolf – New Jersey Horse Council
• Mark Zakutansky – Appalachian Mountain Club

Mackenzie Piggott (Staff) – NJDEP, Green Acres Program