Elyssa Feder is the Deputy Director of Training and Fellowships at Priorities USA. Prior to her role at Priorities, she worked as an organizer and lobbyist at J Street for five years. Following the 2016 election, she founded Rising Organizers, a non-profit dedicated to training the new generation of activist groups forming to resist the Trump presidency, which she runs concurrently with her role at Priorities. She holds a B.A. in International Relations in International Affairs and Women's Studies from The George Washington University and an MSc. in Comparative Politics from The London School of Economics.