[1] Lacy graduated from St. Mary's College at Notre Dame in 1966 and taught elementary school in Texas for a year.
From 1976 to 1977, Lacy moved to Virginia and served as legislative aide to state delegate Carrington Williams.
She then began working for the Virginia Office of Attorney General, under Gerald L. Baliles.
Governor Charles S. Robb appointed her to the State Corporation Commission, which had judicial as well as responsibilities.
Delegate Theodore V. Morrison Jr., a lawyer from Newport News, Virginia and part-time member of the General Assembly, was nominated and confirmed to succeed her on the SCC.