Laura Lollar is a writer and author in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She has been a radio guest host and a commencement speaker for colleges and universities. Her articles have been published in newsletters, newspapers, trade magazines, journals and blogs on topics including business, public policy, culture, communication, careers, interpersonal skills and leadership. Since 2001 she has published an electronic newsletter and has spoken for groups throughout Colorado, the U.S., Canada, Germany and Great Britain for over 20 years.
Laura is creator of the CARLA Concept Communication Model and authored the self-published book of the same name. She was also a contributing author on interpersonal communication for Safety, Health and Asset Protection Management Essentials (CRC Press).
Laura served seven years active duty as a paralegal in the United States Air Force. She earned a USAF Commendation Medal, Air Force Good Conduct Medal and Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon. Laura attended the USAF Non-commissioned Officers Leadership School and volunteered on the Base Honor Guard Team, providing military honors at the funerals of service members.
Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from California State University, Sacramento with graduate studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is a 2010 graduate of the Leadership Program of the Rockies (LPR).
As a volunteer, Laura was President of the Colorado Springs Society for Human Resources Management. She also supported the Home Front Cares, Junior Achievement, Young Women of the West and Colorado State Parks and Wildlife. Appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, Laura served two three-year terms on the Bureau of Land Management’s Resource Advisory Council for the Colorado Frontrange. She presently serves on the Board of the Educational Opportunity Foundation of the Black Forest, a scholarship program for high school seniors.
The Personal Story
The eldest in a big Catholic family, Laura grew up in Upstate New York among the woods and waters in the Finger Lakes area. Dad was a farmer and Mom was a city girl. Together they raised six children who all eventually moved to Colorado. Laura published her first newsletter on a blue mimeograph machine when the nuns weren’t watching. She joined the United States Air Force after high school to serve her country and get a college degree. Laura has worked at a college, in a phone center, sold vinyl checkbook covers, cleaned stalls on a 400 head horse farm and blogged for the Mayor of Colorado Springs. She raised her three young un’s in a townhouse and later moved to a log cabin built in 1924. She lost it all in the 2013 Black Forest Wildfire and then rebuilt. Laura and her husband still live in the Black Forest.
