Carol Lazier led the effort to avoid closure of San Diego Opera in 2014 and assumed the position of Board President. Lazier is the co-founder, lead underwriter, and Board President of Ex;plore Solutions, a nonprofit which provides best-fit college and career information to San Diego High School students. She has also given her time and resources to such nonprofit organizations as Palomar Health Foundation; the San Diego Symphony, where she served on the Board of Directors for seven years; the Rady School of Management, UCSD; Palomar Family YMCA; San Diego Museum of Art, and the Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church.