Tom Nolan
Tom Nolan is a council trainer, musician, and family man. He taught council for 36 years at the Crossroads School in Santa Monica, where he worked in several positions. He has been a council consultant and trainer for Snap, Inc., and has seeded council programs at several California schools. He has co-led many council trainings at the Ojai Foundation, now Topa Institute.
As a musician, he has been running the Tom Nolan Band for over thirty years. He co-leads the RAGTAG Band, which started playing in his driveway during the pandemic. He is married to Peggy O’Brien, who chaired the Crossroads Life Skills Department and the Theater Department. They have two grown children and two grandsons. Tom lives in Venice, California.
Events with Tom Nolan
Council 3 Training: Living CouncilNovember 20 - 22, 2026
Council Training 3 is an extraordinary opportunity to deepen one’s relationship to council, exploring the more complex contours of facilitating council circles. This training is recommended for those who have participated in Council 1 and 2 training respectively, and ideally have a year or more of experience participating in and facilitating councils. As this program is intended for advanced council/circle facilitators, it will draw on the experiences of each cohort member — and support each participant’s continued growth and evolution as a council facilitator. In this 3-day training you will: Explore ways to heighten perception and receptivity Deepen the skill of…