Lonnee Hamilton 

Lonnee is a new media communications strategist and consultant for political campaigns and nonprofits.

She recently completed the New Organizing Institute's bootcamp for New Media organizers in Washington DC. Sixty activists from around the world were chosen for this weeklong training seminar focused on the growing field of New Media strategies and communications for advocacy organizations.

Lonnee brings both old and new Media skills to online organizing. A former writer and copy editor, Lonnee immediately grasped the potential of New Media working as a grassroots organizer for the Obama campaign. 

Lonnee created the blog Barack Oblogger at the start of the presidential primaries, attracting a steady readership during the election. She worked with the Obama Rapid Response team pushing out positive stories and serving as a watchdog for smears. The Rapid Response team pressured New York Times columnist Bill Kristol to correct a damaging piece placing Barack Obama at a controversial sermon given by the Rev. Wright.

Locally, Lonnee used mybarackobama.com (MYBO) to establish a base of support for Obama in her congressional district and was hired by the local Democratic headquarters to recruit and manage more than 2,000 volunteers. In that role she worked closely with Political Data Inc., California's largest provider of voter information, to improve the statewide Neighborhood Leader program. 

Since the election, Lonnee has used social networking tools to form Rose City ObamaWorks, a community group aimed at local volunteers. They helped build a garden at a local high school with a high percentage of at-risk students.

Lonnee also was featured in the Fast Company profile of Chris Hughes, a creator of MYBO and Facebook, as an example of a local organizer who used MYBO successfully