Laura Lollar is the owner of Communicate Colorado, a Veteran-owned consulting company in Colorado Springs. Laura is a USAF Veteran who launched her business over 25 years ago and specializes in communication, career and small business success.
Since 1997, Laura has consulted with Fortune 100 firms, non-profits, the U.S. military, boards, trusts, trade associations and independent businesses throughout Colorado, the U.S., Canada, Germany and Great Britain. As a professional speaker, Laura has presented keynote speeches, general sessions, breakout sessions, retreats and membership meetings on three continents for groups of 5-500. She was twice designated a Meeting Professionals International “Platinum Program Speaker.” Laura has also facilitated board and partnering meetings, team-building and staff development sessions. Her clients have included individuals and organizations throughout Colorado, the U.S., Canada, Germany and Great Britain.
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Laura is also creator of the CARLA Concept™ Communication Model. She co-authored The Camp Book with her 94 year old mother, and is presently working on a number of book projects, including: The CARLA Concept: How to Speak Up, Raise an Issue and Prove Your Point, Cabin Mama Stories (humor), Personal Horsepower and a book series dedicated to budding solopreneurs.
Laura’s work has been featured on television, radio, online journals, newspapers and trade magazines. She has been a commencement speaker and guest lecturer at colleges and universities on leadership, customer service and professional success.
Earlier in her career, Laura served on the Communication Staff for the Mayor and City of Colorado Springs. At Current Inc., she was a Customer Service and Sales Team Manager who supervised an operations team of 100+ employees. She also led an upsell and cross-sell initiative at that 400-person call center which achieved almost $1M in added revenue. At the Rochester Institute of Technology and National Technical Institute for the Deaf (RIT/NTID), Laura was a Senior Human Resources and Employee Benefits Specialist who supported over 2500 faculty and staff, including the deaf and hearing-impaired.
Laura served her country as a decorated Non-commissioned Officer in the United States Air Force, with seven years active duty as a Paralegal. She was also a volunteer member of the Base Honor Guard Team, where she provided military honors in support of deceased service members and their grieving families. During her enlistment, she attended the Non-commissioned Officers Leadership School and earned a USAF Commendation Medal, Marksmanship Ribbon and an Honorable Discharge.
In a volunteer capacity, Laura was Past-president of the Colorado Springs Society for Human Resources Management and volunteered for the Home Front Cares Welcome Home Heroes Program, Junior Achievement, Young Women of the West and Colorado State Parks and Wildlife. She also served on the boards of the National Speakers Association Colorado Chapter, Pikes Peak Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Black Forest, Colorado, Educational Opportunity Foundation (EOF), a scholarship program for high school seniors. She was appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to serve two, three-year terms in a public-at-large role on the Bureau of Land Management’s Resource Advisory Council (RAC) for the Colorado Frontrange. Laura is also a graduate of the Leadership Program of the Rockies.
Please contact her to discuss your entrepreneurial vision, communication, career, customer service or small business challenges.
THE PERSONAL STORY
The eldest in a big, traditional Catholic family, Laura grew up in Upstate New York among the woods and waters of 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 articles 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 launched her business in 1997 and has traveled the world facilitating, speaking and consulting. Laura raised her three young un’s in a townhouse and later moved to a 1924 log cabin in Black Forest, Colorado. She lost it all in a 2013 wildfire and then rebuilt. Laura and her husband Doug were married in 2017 and live in Black Forest near Colorado Springs. Laura has hunted deer and elk in northwest Colorado, and enjoys camping and kayaking. She also writes humor at CabinMama.com.
