Lea Zikmund named Executive Director of Hourglass

Lea Zikmund has been named the new Executive Director of Hourglass, continuing the organization’s work to provide reliable information to Lancaster County leaders, ensuring informed decisions, and making Lancaster a better place to live and work. She began the role November 13, 2024.

Lea comes to Hourglass after 5 years of work at the national non-profit, StoryCorps, recording the oral histories of everyday Americans across the United States. Most recently she was the Mobile Tour Director, designing an annual 10-city tour and collaborating with local NPR radio stations across the country. Lea is a graduate of Warwick High School and Dickinson College, a resident of Lancaster City, and a member of the Global Shapers Lancaster Hub community.

“Lea has remarkable storytelling skills along with her broad experience with StoryCorps,” said Monty Milner, Hourglass President and Chair of the Executive Director Search Committee. “Hourglass looks forward to Lea leading our efforts to make Lancaster a better place to live and work while connecting with other like minded organizations.”

Hourglass works by conducting research on trends happening in our community, consulting leaders and informing the public through publications and forums, and encouraging collaboration and innovative thinking on key quality of life areas such as Lancaster City vitality, public education, growth and land use, and environmental stewardship.

Lea will host her first Hourglass First Friday Forum on December 6th, and will lead Hourglass through a strategic planning process. To be involved in Hourglass events, become a Member here.

The Hourglass Board of Directors includes Art Mann Sr., Ronald Bailey, Brian Davison, Charles Milner, Jr., Susan Eckert, George Mann, Elizabeth Martin, Sidney Marland, III, Michael Rowen, and Timothy Lapp.

Lea Zikmund named Executive Director of Hourglass

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