Directory of Members

I specialize in kitchen organization and kitchen management. I look forward to working with you to make your kitchen safe, clean, economical, cheery and set up for success.

Brita Bolane, CPO® and Dhawn Hansen, CPO® are highly sought after business productivity and efficiency specialists and are often quoted on TV, radio and in print. Hansen and Bolane are consultants, authors and speakers based in San Diego, California. They provide insight on business processes, productivity and efficiency optimization, time management, running effective meetings, goal achievement and process flow analysis. They offer additional programs for executives to streamline and enhance their busy lives.

A professional organizing and image consulting agency.

Languages other than English: Korean

Donna Cowan is the found and principal of Cowan & Company Professional Organizing in San Diego, California. An expert at helping clients improve their management of space, time, projects and information, Donna has developed and perfected her skills through a board range of experiences spanning several careers and continents.

For nearly 30 years, Donna used her inherent and learned abilities while working for others. Her career featured roles as diverse as buyer in the fashion industry to executive assistant and office management. In every position she held, Donna's natural aptitude for identifying areas that could benefit from change led to increased productivity. Consistently singled out as the definitive source for solutions, Donna realized that she wanted to bring her skills to a broader cross-section of the community. Her precise attention to detail and her profound interest in helping others led to a career in Professional Organizing.

A third generation business owner, Donna launched Cowan & Company Professional Organizing in 1995. Since then she has helped countless satisfied clients achieve success in their professional and personal spaces with organized, productive systems tailored to each client's specific needs. Donna helps clients become and stay organized by teaching them how to streamline schedules, arrange spaces for maximum efficiency and use technology more effectively.

Cowan & Company caters to successful professionals in a broad range of environments from corporate offices to residential settings. Whether to educators or executives, physicians or surgeons, retailers or realtors, insurance agencies or investors, home makers or home builders, Donna always offers expert assistance and sensitive support during the challenging yet rewarding process of getting organized.

Throughout her career as a professional organizing consultant, Donna's reputation as a creative and resourceful problem solver has led to numerous media citations. She appeared in live television segments of San Diego Fox 6 News during which she organized the office of a news anchor. Her advice appears in several books on organizing and she has been quoted in numerous magazines and newspapers including Sunset, Woman's Day, Lucky, the Kiplinger Retirement Report, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and the Federal Times in articles on getting and staying organized.

Donna is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD).

In January, 2008 Donna Cowan received the prestigious designation of Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®) from the Board of Certification for Professional Organizers.

-Just moved in and trying to make it all work in the new environment?

-Blending two households and attempting to smile throughout the experience?

-Time to declutter and then decorate but not sure where to start?

The R.E.D. team to the rescue!  We Reinvent Everyday Designs and use what you have first, so your house looks new all over again.

Sue starts with where you are with what you have and helps create and organize the environment you want. We begin with an in-depth look at what in your life and environment are working and what parts are holding you back. From there we develop a plan of action. Perhaps you've just moved in and can't seem to get settled in the space or maybe you're moving on and need help with the relocation and the home staging of your home.

Whether it's staging your house for sale or staging your house to stay Sue can clear the space and give your home a new, fresh look.

Maybe it's neither but for some reason you've been stuck for awhile and now are ready to take action. The R.E.D. team works with wonderful people who want to be more successful and fulfilled and who desire to have their homes reflect who they really area.

Using the client's existing furnishings, art and accessories, Sue transforms their environment and creates room to breathe. As a Professional Organizing Coach and an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP Member, www.StagedHomes.com), Sue is able to focus on the things in your home you love and help you let go of items that have been holding you back or have outgrown their usefulness.

Sue's training in interior arrangement as well as real estate staging, combined with her professional organizing skills, makes for a unique combination of talents for her clients. She is a Certified Consultant with Freedom Filer, which is a state-of-the-art, maintenance-free paper organizing solution.

Sue loves public speaking and is available to speak with your group.

I look forward to working with you. Sue-the R.E.D. team

Are your files in piles? Are you ready to cut the clutter?   Since 2003, ClutterBye has been making life easier for all kinds of people in all kinds of situations. Getting the house ready to put on the market, moving into a new home and starting off organized, making files out of piles, creating more space in closets, and helping entrepreneurs get a handle on their paperwork so they can focus on the business of making money. If it needs organizing, I can help!  Ready to Lighten Up? Don't put it off any longer. Call ClutterBye NOW!

The Container Store originated the storage and organization category of retailing back in 1978 when its first store opened in Dallas. Today, The Container Store has locations coast to coast, a website, and offers more than 10,000 time and space-saving products! NAPO members receive 20% off elfa and 10% savings throughout the rest of the store.

Risa Goldberg, owner, Simply Marvelous Organizing, offers hands-on organizing, consulting and coaching to simplify your space, time, possessions, paperwork, or estate. She works in all areas of your home and office, sets up paper and computer files, shows you how to manage your mail, helps you with downsizing for a move, staging your home, unpacking after the move, gathers and organizes estate records and tangible assets, and more. Her mission is to replace the clutter, chaos and stress in your environment with peace, harmony and beauty.

She brings creativity, talent, and focus to her organizing clients, along with a consummate attention to detail, problem solving and people skills.

Risa believes "the work I offer is a step on the road to deep personal transformation, and I feel privileged and honored to be a part of that process." Her motto: Clear out the clutter and move on with your life!

Dhawn Hansen and Brita Bolane, CPO® are highly sought after business productivity and efficiency specialists and are often quoted on TV, radio and in print. Hansen and Bolane are consultants, authors and speakers based in San Diego, California. They provide insight on business processes, productivity and efficiency optimization, time management, running effective meetings, goal achievement and process flow analysis. They offer additional programs for executives to streamline and enhance their busy lives.
 
Dhawn is the Immediate Past President of the NAPO-San Diego Chapter having served two terms as President and two terms as Vice President.

Jana Hartwell founded Sensible Organizing Solutions® in 1998. She has served in almost every position on the NAPO-San Diego Board, including two terms as President.

As a Past-President of Toastmasters of La Jolla and a CTM (Certified Toast Master), Jana is a popular speaker for corporations, non-profits and community groups.

Other organizers seek Jana out for coaching and training, sometimes being hired by her for large projects.

Most importantly, Jana is passionate about helping smart, busy people experience peace of mind, more joy and greater success in their lives as a direct result of getting organized!

So that you can focus on what you love doing best, contact Jana with "SOS" to provide you with Sensible Organizing Solutions®.

email address:  tiffanymock@sbcglobal.net

Tiffany Mock Holton Associates helps individuals who want to become more productive. We work with clients at all levels from CEOs to mid-level managers to administrative assistants. We also work with entrepreneurs and small business owners. Our work is 3 pronged: clearing productivity obstacles, building systems (action items, email, paper & computer files), and changing habits. Some industries served are Biotech, High Tech, and Real Estate. Voted Best Organizer by San Francisco Magazine 2004.

 

 

These are the top problems our clients experience. Are some of these statements true for you?

1. You have multiple to-do lists and scraps of paper lying around.

2. You are overwhelmed by the amount of new email coming at you.

3. Your desk and office are messy.

4. You don't feel like you're in control of your time.

5. You spend more time being reactive instead of proactive.

6. You miss opportunities for increased business, to exceed expectations, or to serve a client well because of lack of systems and the ability to prioritize.



You are likely to be successful working with us if you: 

Are no longer willing to tolerate the current situation and are ready to make an investment that can create changes in your life.

·   Want to adapt more productive habits. You are ready to step outside the box of what you've always done, take more risks, and let go of the old way of doing things to learn new behaviors.

·   Realize you can't know everything, but you are willing to get assistance and expand your knowledge and expertise.

·   Want to take your career to the next level.

·   Are a smart, successful, hard worker who wants to rise to your professional potential as you move to higher levels of performance and higher standards of excellence for yourself, your organization, and your clients.

·   Support employee growth programs.

·   Are committed to long-term solutions and are invested in the process rather than looking for a quick fix.

·   Understand that success is enabled when you combine the creation of new systems with clearing out the old.


Please see www.tiffanyholton.com for more details.

Diana Jillie, President of Executive Organizing Consultant in San Diego, holds an MBA and has over 20 years marketing and program management experience, primarily with Hewlett-Packard Company. In business since 2001, Diana's company specializes in organizing offices (paper and electronic) and creating photographic memoirs. She has served on the Board of NAPO-San Diego Chapter and served as Chapter President for two terms.

Create Order is a Professional Organizing and Interior Re-design business, offering consulting as well as hands-on services for busy homeowners and home businesses. Our goal is to help you simplify and beautify your home, transform your space, and transform your life. Create Order uniquely specializes in two distinct yet related services:

1.  Residential organizing, including space planning, de-cluttering and storage solutions for every area of your home; paperwork management for your office; and move-in services to set up your new residence.

2.  Interior re-design/decorating, including a variety of in-home consultation and decorating services:  style and color consulting; one day-day room makeovers to rearrange and accessorize with items you already own; locating new furnishings and accessories; and decorating to stage for a home sale, move to a new home, or just create a great new look.

Owner Jean Kleint is a knowledgeable Clutter Consultant, Home Management Coach, Professional Organizer, and Interior Re-designer. Her previous business education, along with administrative and management experience in corporate and academic arenas, gave her a variety of organizing experiences, including project management for multi-department office relocations, and design consulting for commercial building remodels. She also studied residential re-design, and has organized and decorated homes throughout San Diego.

Create Order can help you to:
��    Give your home a face-lift with fresh decor ideas.
��    Design and set up your office workspace to create order out of paperwork chaos.
��    Set up streamlined systems to help you process mail and pay bills with ease.
��    Give your wardrobe a make-over by providing you with a playful session of "closet therapy," and helping you to swim out of a sea of clothing to emerge as the most beautiful you.
��    Find a home for everything you own, by un-cluttering and organizing your kitchen, bedrooms, living areas, garage, etc.
��    Remove the stress of moving, by planning, unpacking, and organizing your move.

Call today for your free consultation. "Transform your space, transform your life".

Barbara Langdorf started SOS Financial Organizers in January 2003, after recognizing the need for women to understand their family's household finances. With a background in insurance, banking and financial planning, she created an estate organizing notebook, designed to help families put all the important financial information in one place in the event of a family emergency.

In addition to the estate organizing notebook, Barbara wanted to make an impact on women's daily lives. She was recently certified as a Quickbooks ProAdvisor and a FreedomFiler consultant. With the FreedomFiler filing system, she feels she makes the greatest impact on women's lives, teaching them how to organize the paper that comes into their homes on a daily basis, creating a clutter-free and tranquil environment.

Helping Hands, Etc. is a professional organizing service dedicated to helping you get organized. Have trouble finding things? Wish you had more space? Don't know where to put things, so you can daily find them? Whether you have a single room, an entire house or a business office, we can assist you in getting organized and being more efficient.

Sandy Mathews has been actively involved in NAPO-San Diego Chapter for several years, serving two terms as Director of Administration, Co-Chair of Get Organized Month and currently Chapter Secretary. She is also creator and Newsletter Editor of the San Diego Statement newsletter.

So, if you are feeling overwhelmed, stressed out, cannot figure out what needs to be done and just need someone to help you...then you need to call Helping Hands, Etc.

Helping Hands, Etc....helping to make your life better!

FreedomFiler's maintenance free filing systems forever eliminate the hassle of cleaning out and relabeling files. Since 2002 FreedomFiler has been committed to supporting NAPO in developing best filing practices. FreedomFiler offers a certification program and a wholesale purchase plan for professional organizers. Please find out more about FreedomFiler at www.freedomfiler.com.

Organized Eloquence, is based out of Santee.  Her services include business and home office organizing, paper and electronic file management, finance and bookkeeping, and home closets, garages, and photos.

With a background in clinical social work, having worked with hoarders in New York City, and at The Container Store in San Diego, I have helped people with both their physical space and custom shelving design. I absolutely see someone's physical space as a reflection of what is going on inside and hope to bring a therapeutic aspect to my work.

      Elaine came by organizing naturally...born that way, some say!  At any rate, it is her passion and she takes you through a special process of lightening up, freeing you form burdensome clutter and "stuff" in a manner that lasts!  She helps you put systems in place which will work for you, realizing that each person is different and each has special needs. 
 
      As a military wife, she moved 23 times in 21 years with 3 young children in tow.  To this day, the process comes naturally to her and she can help you move, too!  She learned a long time ago of what to do when you don't have enough closet space or storage.  As a matter of fact, she helps you with the old delimma, "to rent a storage unit or to not rent a storage unit, that is the question!"

      As an office manager she can help you set up an efficient office either in your home or at the office.  As a Realtor she understands how difficult it is to track all the paperwork and has taken many people and files out of the file cabinet into electronic storage - again lightening up and allowing you to become unburdened with paperwork.

      If your job is a big one, she works with fellow colleagues to accomplish the task in a more timely manner.  They work by the quoted job or by the hour and accept credit card payment.

      So whether it is a system to deal with the daily mail or a whole house or office renovation, Elaine can help...give her a call! 

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