Lola Elfman

Lola Elfman is currently the Director of Staff Development at Change.org. Lola was formerly the Training Director at the New Organizing Institute (NOI) where she organized many of NOI’s new media trainings and bootcamps, the state blogger summit, and the popular “unconference”, RootsCamp. She served as the Internet Director for Phil Angelides' campaign for Governor in her home state of California. Lola also worked on M+R Strategic Services' eCampaigns team helping non-profit organizations plan and implement online advocacy and fundraising campaigns. Before entering into the political sphere, Lola was an art teacher and photographer with a passion for creative education and social change. She is a graduate Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and attended the Social Documentation Graduate Studies program at UC Santa Cruz.