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Lauren Michaud Knotts

Director of Marketing

lknotts@fw-cpa.com

As Director of Marketing, Lauren’s role covers everything from promoting the firm’s brand across the local and digital accounting landscapes to positioning the team to proactively identify, capture, nurture, and grow business opportunities. She was brought in to drive initiatives that align expertise, relationships, strategy, and execution.

Lauren manages a team who produces a wide range of digital and written media as well as proposals and events. The team supports strong data infrastructure and operations that yield consistent, measurable growth.

With 20 years of marketing experience, Lauren’s career spans national corporate businesses, small non-profits, and local startups. She has worked to promote the expertise and services of corporate defense lawyers, community planners, pediatric therapists, economic developers, and entrepreneurs, to name a few.

Identifying as a communicator first, Lauren excels at working with experts to extract key messages, weave them into a compelling narrative, and develop strategies to effectively reach their target audience. She prides herself on leading meaningful collaboration, creative execution, and innovative programming to set Faulk & Winkler apart in an ever-changing business landscape.

Designations

  • 2026 Practitioner of the Year, Public Relations Association of Louisiana (PRAL)

Memberships

Professional

  • Association of Accounting Marketing (AAM) – Member, 2026-present

  • Public Relations Association of Louisiana (PRAL) – Member, 2014-present

  • Legal Marketing Association (LMA) – Member, 2018-2026

  • Association of Fundraising Professionals, Greater Baton Rouge Chapter – Member (2009-2016); Vice President of Education (2014); Vice President of Communications (2011, 2012)

Community

  • Leadership Baton Rouge, class of 2024 - Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership (GBREP)

  • Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA)/ Baton Rouge Farmer’s Market – Farm Fete Fundraiser Host Committee, 2021, 2022

  • Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s “Echo Alliance” – Member, 2022, 2023

  • Forward Arts Inc. – Board Member, 2016-2019

  • Volunteers of America Greater Baton Rouge – Board Member, 2016-2018

  • Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO) – Board Leadership Development program, 2016

  • Baton Rouge Youth Coalition – College Application Mentor, 2013, 2017

Education

Millsaps College

  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Business and French

Emerson College

  • Master of Arts, Integrated Marketing Communications