Executive Board |
 | PRESIDENT April Merrittpresident@napodfw.com An organizer at heart, April Merritt created Ilios Digital Organizing to blend her love of order with her training as a librarian. She is passionate about teaching you how to get and stay organized, making your hectic life more peaceful and your work life more focused. Her goal is always to help you spend less time looking for things and more time pursuing what brings you joy. A speaker at the local and national level, April's clients describe her as interactive, patient, and life-changing. When she's not helping others get organized, April finds joy in organizing her own life, annoying her cats with corporal cuddling, and being creative through writing and crafts.
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VICE-PRESIDENT |
| SECRETARY Jenny Wilsonhttps://www.sweetgrassorganizing.com/Jenny (she/her) beleives everyone deserves a comfortable home. The name of her company, Sweetgrass Organizing, comes from the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer where she teaches us that sweetgrass flourishes when humans tend it. So too our spaces and things serve us better when we give them attention and care. Jenny has a husband, Joe, two cats, Jetta and Jemaine, and loves to quilt and read when she's not getting dusty working with people to make their homes comfier. |
| TREASURER Debby RogersDebby has been a general organizer for over 3 years and served on the board as Secretary for 1 term. She enjoys all types of Professional Organizing and has recently added Collectibles Advising to help her clients determine the value and best way to move on their special collectible items. In her free time she enjoys readying, scrolling, and generally relaxing – oh wait, that was in 2020!! In her free time now she enjoys time with friends and family, dining out, cycling, and serving on the NAPO-DFW board as treasurer! |
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Directors |
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION Bonnie GistHaving assisted friends and family with decluttering and organization for many years, Bonnie was often told that she should follow her passion for creating peaceful spaces and become a Professional Organizer. Since founding A More Organized You, she and her team have been creating powerful systems for homeowners, apartment dwellers, and businesses. Bonnie believes in the power of useful and organized spaces, has a non-judgmental and compassionate approach, and fervently believes that becoming more organized can help persons and their families transform and grow. She and her husband live in Plano, Texas, with their two children. She is a gourmet cook and the indulgent owner of two adorable dogs. |
| DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY April MerrittAn organizer at heart, April Merritt created Ilios Digital Organizing to blend her love of order with her training as a librarian. She is passionate about teaching you how to get and stay organized, making your hectic life more peaceful and your work life more focused. Her goal is always to help you spend less time looking for things and more time pursuing what brings you joy. A speaker at the local and national level, April's clients describe her as interactive, patient, and life-changing. When she's not helping others get organized, April finds joy in organizing her own life, annoying her cats with corporal cuddling, and being creative through writing and crafts. |
| DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP Crystal Ryanhttp://makingroomdallas.com/ Crystal has been providing organizing services to the North Dallas area since 2015 through Making Room Organizing Services. Previously an administrative assistant in Finance, and a childbirth doula supporting parents before, during, and after birth, she combined her organizing skills and love of paper with her love of helping families in transition into an organizing service that’s personalized and fun. Crystal has served on NAPO-DFW's Board of Directors for three years so far. She has three fabulous children, a kind husband, and one very cute dog. |
| DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Lauren StinnettOrder in Your Court Ever since Lauren was five years old she can remember cleaning up any mess, organizing toys, color codding and cataloging her clothes and cleaning up friends rooms so their parents would let them play. Lauren grew up in Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma and then moved to New York City to work in the event planning world. Though New York City was her dream, she choose to move back closer to home and landed in Dallas, Texas to continue her career in the events world. Taking a step back once COVID-19 hit, she is now a new mom to a sweet baby boy, a fur mom and wife! What better time to launch her dream of owning and operating her own organizing company! Coming up with a name was easy! Her late Father was a Municipal Judge in her hometown for over 23 years. Her father was and still is her hero so she has passed the theme of his long-time career not only to her fur baby Judge but now to her company, Order In Your Court. She loves sharing her gift for organization. Each day she finds new and creative ways to organize and teach the art of organization to her clients. She is a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter serving as the Director of Professional Development Board Member. |
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Mark Schneidermarketing@napodfw.com |