What is Fire and Lace Consulting?

Your one-stop-shop for standing out. Fire and Lace is an agency built from a spark for the desire to focus on the one thing that matters most, but often gets overlooked: the experience. Built on integrity and a natural ability for going above and beyond. An agency who sees the potential for great things in ideas and ways of keeping your brand top of mind. The influencer and cultivator of loyalty in your corner creating successes with the propensity of a full fledge forest fire.

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Who is behind Fire and Lace Consulting?

Owner and CEO, Laci Warden, is someone with a need to always be doing more, who is vibrant and full of personality. Someone bursting with excitement for anything she puts her mind to doing. She’s strong, independent and always ready for the next adventure life has in store for her. She believes that the little things truly matter in order to escape the ordinary. Her energetic demeanor is contagious. To her, life is meant to create moments and capture memories. She truly is full of fire all wrapped in lace.

 
 

Education and Certifications:

  • Master of Arts in Speech Communication – Emphasis: Organizational and Corporate Communication, PR

  • Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication – Emphasis: PR and Marketing

  • Registered 200-hr Yoga Teacher (200RYT)

  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Certification

  • Meeting and Event Planning Certification through Meeting Professionals International (MPI)

Professional Accomplishments:

  • Guest on the Backcountry Marketing Podcast to talk industry trends (2023)

  • Named to inaugural 40 Under 40 in the Outdoor Industry by SHOT Business – December 2020)

  • Published author: Talk Turkey to Me (2020)

  • Invited to participate in the Forbes Women Online Forum (2020)

  • Invited to participate in Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (2020)

  • Named 40 Under 40 by SHOT Business (In-print December 2020)

  • Invited to be part of the Inc. Solopreneur Community (2019)

  • Nike Elite 100 Basketball Camp Leadership Team (May 2013)

  • Ed/Glen Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Committee (April 2012 – July 2014)

  • MoCDA Communications Committee Chair (April – October 2013)

  • Young Professionals Group (YPG) (2010 – 2013) Leadership Committee (2011 – 2013)

 
 

Profesional Presentations:

  • Industry panelist at the Armed Women of America Conference (August 2023)

  • Presenter at the Professional Outdoor Media Association Conference (June 2021)

  • CIL IF: Gathering Women’s Conference (March 2020)

  • Marketing/Branding a Career Center – webinar presentation for Missouri Career Development Association (October 2013)

  • Taught AD 117 – Career Planning and Development (August – December 2011, 2013)

  • SIUE Graduate School Orientation (August 2013)

  • Interviews with the Media – Nike Elite 100 Camp (June 2013)

  • SIUE Springboard Orientation Program (Summer 2011 – 2013)

  • SIUE School of Business Orientation for their new curriculum course, Business Transitions (August 2012)

  • Illinois Association for College Admissions Counseling (IACAC) Southern District Seminar (March 2012)

  • Chosen to be a presenter for the 2011 Central States Communication Association (CSCA) Conference on the Career Development Center (2011)