Michelle Lamar

After 20 years in marketing and advertising, working with national brands, I left the ad agency world to become an online media consultant in 2005. I began writing my personal blog, WhiteTrashMom, about being a slacker mom in a world of perfect mothers the same year. Molly Wendland joined the blog in 2005 and the blog became a book.

The book was released on August 5th, 2008. The White Trash Mom Handbook (St. Martin's Press) is an irreverent but honest guide for parents of school age kids.

Fans of the book range from Silicon Valley guru Guy Kawasaki to New York designer, writer and entrepreneur Gabrielle Blair, founder of Kirtsy.com to Columbia Professor (and Ph.D.) Eric Abrahamson. Abrahamson is the author of A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder.

I juggle consulting projects and I contribute to a number of popular blogs and websites. I have links to some of my work below or you can read more details about my work on my website, michellelamar.com.

23andMe
23andMe is a company co-founded and co-managed by Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avery. Anne and Linda are amazing women, Anne is also the wife of Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google. The company offers a personal genomics service.

Silicon Valley Moms Group
I am a marketing consultant for the Silicon Valley Moms Group is a collaborative community of bloggers that operates blogs around the country. The group is one of the most influential mom blog communities and generates a large audience.

Huffington Post
I just started blogging over on Huffington Post, the insanely popular website founded by Arianna Huffington. My first post, Why I Spat and Why You Should Care, was about my work for 23andMe.

Blissfully Domestic and BLISSDOM09
I write for the online magazine, Blissfully Domestic. The founder of BD is Allison Worthington, one of the most influential women in social media. I was a featured speaker for Blissdom09.

Personal Bio
I'm married to Timothy Lamar, also known as Saint Timothy. Tim is a producer-director who travels a great deal for work...and some say for his sanity. We are the parents of two daughters, ages 11 and 15. The family is rounded out by a Yellow Lab, two Pugs and a Cat.

A night on the porch with margaritas and friends is my idea of heaven. My two girls are my greatest joy and I feel lucky every day.