In May, 2009, Dana joined Get Organized! as a part-time assistant and in October, 2013, became the company’s first full-time employee. Her role as Executive Assistant utilizes her organizational skills, attention to detail, and passion for the growth and success of our company.

Dana started her career with a graphic design degree and an interest in advertising. This led first to the design of billboards, then managing designers in a print shop, and to her last job as a production manager at a book publishing company. She currently uses her organizing strengths to work full time for Get Organized!, be an active volunteer presence in her community, and thrive as a mom and grandmother.

Dana loves to manage people and processes. This allows her to be effective whether helping with scheduling organizers, assisting with event plans, or editing contracts or marketing materials. As Get Organized! continues to grow in territory coverage and breadth of services, she will use her leadership and organizational skills to protect the Get Organized! brand and push GO to the next level.

Dana is the mother of three grown children and grandmother to a grandson and granddaughter. All are college graduates, focused, organized, and involved with family. With a clear vision (her amazing eyes are not Photoshopped in this picture) for protecting and promoting the mission of Get Organized! and its founder, Dana has been and will continue to be a huge asset to the company.

Melissa joins Get Organized! to assist in the office and train to become a professional organizer for our business and residential clients. She obtained her degree from the University of Texas at Dallas and spent 13 years working in corporate accounting and finance. Although her experience is in a detail-oriented industry, Melissa also has the unique ability to see the bigger picture. Her goal is to help our clients whether in their office or their home.

With experience in managing her own household, Melissa is enthusiastic about organizing all areas of the home with particular strengths in organizing budgets, household finances, paper management systems, kitchens, child bedroom/play areas, and garages. She is handy with tools, a skill needed for assembling furniture, installing shelves, and hanging artwork for clients. She also offers a wealth of insight and wisdom on how to tackle the overall management of the home environment.

Melissa is an active listener. She quickly identifies functional needs in a space and efficiently moves to solutions and accomplishing necessary tasks. There is no organizing challenge too big and her attention to detail will ensure that nothing is overlooked.

Besides organizing, Melissa’s other interests include baking, reading, and spending time with young people. She has an active family with 2 young children. She spends much of her time volunteering at her church in the youth department and is an excellent elementary Room Mom.

Kym has a natural ability for creating functional and beautiful spaces for her clients. Giving items a home, developing organizing systems, and helping clients be more productive with the time they have is her passion. Her goal is to assist others in eliminating clutter, getting organized, and staying organized through space planning and process implementation.

If you need someone handy with tools, Kym is your DIY girl, able to install shelves and put together bookshelves and other organizing products. IKEA furniture building is no problem, and Kym has configured many great storage systems with IKEA products.

As a task oriented person, Kym has skills in the areas of organizing closets and dressing rooms, managing household bills and paper clutter, and going paperless. She also has firsthand experience with planning, organizing, and installations in spaces of new homes including appliances, closets, décor, and more.

On April 3, 2012, Kym and her husband’s home was hit by an F-2 tornado. Being organized and prepared, Kym grabbed her families’ emergency kit and headed for the safest place in her home. Her home was destroyed by the storm, and since that day she has been rebuilding her home and life literally from the ground up. This experience places Kym in a very unique and gifted position of not only helping her clients plan and organize a new home, but to also include a sense of preparedness when organizing her clients. She wants her clients to be prepared for unexpected disastrous situations.

On a personal note, Kym is married, has a daughter who is 10 years old, and is a dog lover. She loves hunting for treasure at garage sales and thrift stores. Kym has a background in both Windows and Mac, and has been in the organizing industry since 2006.

Tori was born in Lewisville, Texas, then moved to Tyler, Texas in 2002. Growing up, her dad owned a tool business and she would often tag along with him during the summer, instilling in her an understanding of responsibility and a strong work ethic. One of Tori’s proudest moments was graduating with honors from the University of Texas at Tyler with her Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource Development and a minor in Business Administration.It was the culmination of hard work and laid the foundation for her work style and ability to manage family and multiple jobs.

With the birth of her daughter, Tori made a decision to stay at home where she developed ways to maximize her small spaces, then purged and sold unused items. Selling unwanted family items has become a hobby now, and in fact, Tori fully funded a trip for her family to Walt Disney World with this skill. What a wonderful trait for an organizer to have when working with clients ready to declutter and benefit by earning a few dollars at the same time.

Tori enjoys organizing kids rooms, playrooms, and small spaces. She says, "there is great satisfactionin maximizing a small space and creating function that is greater than expected." She also enjoys shopping for organization products on a budget. Tori understands that some clients make a big personal and financial sacrifice to hire a Professional Organizer, so it is very important to her to get the most out of their budget.

Clients who meet Tori will immediately sense her gifts of patience and caring. She is smart, hardworking, a perfectionist, and a methodical planner and scheduler. She works well with those who need a little extra attention when they are faced with overwhelming organizational dilemmas. Others describe Tori as loyal and dedicated to her family and work, and able to speak to anyone even about uncomfortable issues. Tori says, “Our clients can be so vulnerable and sometimes be at their breaking point. It brings me joy to help them see a complete transformation of their space.”

Tori is also a Get Organized!Client Manager and assists our clients and Professional Organizers with scheduling, invoicing, and daily tasks. She loves office work and organization, so she feels like she is "living her dream" being able to do both!.

In her spare time, Tori loves being outdoors with her family, going to Texas Rangers' games with her husband, trying new recipes, baking with her daughter, and browsing Pinterest for fun projects. She enjoys seasonal décor and continuing to find ways to make theirhouse a home.

Josie is a Client Manager for Get Organized!, and takes good care of our clients. She enjoys office work and learning how our various staff members work together to give the clients a positive experience as they begin their organizing journey.

As a military brat, Josie lived in Japan, California, and finally, Texas. In 2009 she received her degree in Business Systems Technology from Cisco College near Abilene, and in 2013, she married her high school sweetheart. Josie dealt with a chronic illness for many years, all while gaining an understanding of how life can be interrupted and a home can spiral into chaos. After undergoing 4 major surgeries, she is in full remission and enjoying life once more.

Josie and her husband have a 10 year old daughter who is active in competitive cheer and modeling. She and her husband took up photography when they saw a need for publicity shots for their daughter, and became quite skilled at capturing her individually and in group events. This skillset allowed Josie to take over as in-house photographer, shooting headshots and photos of our organizers at work.

While Josie handles our clients with care in the office, and captures our organizers in photographs, she is also a social media butterfly. She will be overseeing our social media sites while posting on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts.

Josie says, "My favorite part about my position with Get Organized! is the wonderful people I get to know each day. I enjoy listening to the needs of our clients and matching them with an organizer who can fulfill their dreams of being organized. I know the Lord put me on this Earth to inspire others with my testimony, but I never thought I would be in a position to receive inspiration as well. I am thankful for our clients and watching them through their journey as they get organized."

Dorrie is an Indiana native, but now calls Wylie, Texas, home. She started her working career in new home interior design, followed by years in banking and then the cellular industry. Dorrie owned her own interior design business for several years until she decided to focus on raising her family.

As Dorrie and her husband, Brian, a law enforcement officer, raised their family, her organizational skills helped her effectively run their household and home school their two children. While managing her home, Dorrie has also acquired financial experience as a bookkeeper and active board member for a national non-profit organization.

Dorrie is a crafter at heart and enjoys scrapbooking and crocheting blankets. This passion brings the experience necessary to create functional storage systems for any craft room.

Dorrie is detailed and disciplined, and has excellent project management skills. She has proven her ability to execute a project from beginning to end by coordinating events from weddings to estate sales.

Susan is a native North Texan with a degree in Elementary Education from the University of Texas at Austin. She used many of the skills she developed studying as a teacher in raising her family as a stay-at-home mom. A natural love for order and beauty, along with years of managing and maintaining a household, has given Susan a great deal of experience in real life organization.

She loves entertaining and has a special interest in home staging and décor, kitchen organization, and space planning. She also feels right at home organizing craft rooms, children’s rooms, bathrooms, laundry rooms, pantries, closets, and cabinets.

Working with seniors is another of Susan’s strengths. She understands the often difficult and emotional challenges that come with downsizing, purging, and decision-making by seniors and their families.

In addition to organizing and her ability to gracefully work with seniors, Susan has enjoyed working as a decorative artist, teaching the art of creating handmade greeting cards, and spending time with her adult children and their spouses, and her fantastic grandchildren. Other areas of interest include cooking and baking, reading, attending live theatre, and singing in her church’s Chancel Choir, where she also serves on the Music Ministry Council.

Laurie is proud to be a native Texan! She graduated from Baylor University with an MBA and completed SMU’s Southwestern Graduate School of Banking program. Laurie’s long and successful career in banking, with experience in commercial lending and credit and portfolio management, enhanced her abilities as a leader, organizer, trainer, problem solver, and teacher. Laurie applies all of these skills when working with clients and is frequently tapped to provide training for our newly hired organizers. She focuses on each client’s unique needs, providing excellent customer service as evidenced by glowing reviews from happy clients.

Laurie’s work experience, coupled with managing her own home and raising two grown children, makes her equally confident leading both residential and business projects from consultation to end result. Her background contributes to her strong skills with paper management systems, work flow processes, time management strategies, and sustainable organization solutions for families and businesses. She can organize a closet, a room, or an entire home with ease.

Once a space is organized, Laurie provides successful strategies so the client can maintain the organized systems over the long run. She also enjoys working with senior clients who may be downsizing and adjusting to new living environments. Laurie organizes with a focused mind, a detailed eye, and a compassionate heart.

Laurie is also passionate about home décor and decorating for any holiday season. As a world traveler, she has a relaxed but rich taste in décor and uses uncommon items to wow a room. She will transform your home into a peaceful and calm environment that reflects your interests and lifestyle.

Laurie has been happily married to her college sweetheart for 35+ years, and together they have raised a daughter and son who are accomplished young adults. She gives back to the community by serving on boards and advisory committees of non-profit and philanthropic organizations. Personal interests include travel with family, active service in the community, hosting dinner parties with friends and family, and bargain shopping for unique treasures.

Born in East Texas, Jennifer moved back to Texas after living in Monroe, Louisiana for 25 years. As a young stay-at-home mom of three, she was highly involved with volunteering in both her local school and church. After raising her children, Jennifer turned to helping others at a small clothes closet outreach ministry through her church.

Jennifer volunteered for two years, then took over as Store Director of the growing Thrift Store managing 14 employees and 50 volunteers for eight years. She successfully took her vision for a thriving store to an end product that serves others on a much larger scale.

Jennifer’s references used a lot of the same positive words to describe her work ethic: organized, compassionate, and detail oriented. Additionally, while working and overseeing all aspects of the Thrift Store, Jennifer also managed the church benevolence program.

She is task oriented, strong in paper management, handy with tools for assembling bookshelves and other organizing products, has excellent project management skills, and can break a large job into smaller steps to complete the project. She has first-hand experience at purging and downsizing, which she recently put to the test when moving to the DFW area from her home of 22 years in Louisiana.

Jennifer’s hobbies include cooking, baking, gardening, water sports, and spending time with her family and friends. She has had many life experiences that will be beneficial to our Get Organized! clients, not only with organization, but with purging, family management, and working with seniors.

Jeanice is a Nebraska native, but has made Texas her home since 1987. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Administration of Justice and worked in this field for ten years before starting her family. She has been blessed with a loving husband that works in the aviation field and has enabled her to stay home and raise their two beautiful girls.

While raising their family, Jeanice has worn many hats including working as a scrapbook coordinator and substitute teacher in public and private schools. This led to many volunteer hours teaching Entomology to 4-H’ers, attending events as a Girl Scout mom, as President of a local PTA, helping complete Eagle projects, and within her church.

Over 29 years of marriage, Jeanice and her family have moved 13 times. With these moves Jeanice has developed an exceptional understanding of eliminating clutter and staging a home for resale so potential buyers can mentally move in. Her moving experiences taught her to de-clutter before packing, pack efficiently, and to coordinate all aspects of moving.

Jeanice has a passion for the preservation of memories and has assisted clients for the past ten years as a Scrapbook Coordinator developing traditional and digital scrapbooks. “A family creates memories every day. To savor and enjoy those memories should be a blessing you can bestow on the generations to come by sharing your handwritten stories of today!"

As a professional organizer Jeanice is gifted in other areas to help our clients. Her personality makes her quick to step out and take charge of a large project and get things done. She can build furniture and organizing tools and knows her way around a sewing and craft room. When asked her favorite place to organize, Jeanice said that she loves to organize a kitchen and make the pantry into multiple work centers such as baking, drink, spice, and breakfast.

She has a flare for decorating and interior design. Benita likes to use what the client has, but is happy to shop with the client or for the client, helping them select products with the right style and function. She is skilled at making floral arrangements, especially working with fresh flowers, garlands, and wreaths. Her love for arrangements benefits her clients especially during the Christmas season where she was born to decorate. Not only can she light and decorate stunning Christmas trees, but using one of her biggest assets, her 6’1” height, a step stool or ladder is oftentimes not necessary. She laughs at this quality and claims it saves lots of time on decorating and organizing jobs.

Benita began her life in Alabama, but has become a Texan with great knowledge of her community and school district. She played softball in Junior College and finished her education with a degree in Medical Technology from Mississippi State University, graduating cum laude. Benita worked in a clinical laboratory for several years until motherhood called. After taking several years off, she returned to work part time providing health screenings to pre-school and school aged children throughout DFW. As many seasons bring change, a friend of Benita’s suggested she look into becoming a professional organizer to take advantage of her numerous talents. Benita joined the Get Organized! team in the spring of 2016.

A natural at organizing, she is quite comfortable in a garage, where she is skilled with tools and building/installing organizing products. She is just as adept in kitchens and laundry rooms, and especially likes organizing papers whether in a home or business. Benita is a forward thinker and one who will research a solution if she does not already have one. In fact, those who know Benita say, “she would do anything for you, she gets things done, and she can multitask well under stress.”

As an active volunteer, Benita has served on numerous Boards of Directors for various organizations since college graduation. These years of service have helped her understand various personality types and interact effectively with them.

She has been married for almost 25 years, and she and her husband enjoy raising two teenage girls, a sophomore in college (which makes her good at dorm and small space organization) and a sophomore in high school. Benita and her family are avid travelers who enjoy seeing other parts of the country/world, but have a strong affinity for the beach.

Monique was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, and attended Midwestern State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She worked for Delta Airlines until she resigned to begin the next phase of her life... motherhood.

Now, as a professional organizer, Monique draws on the skills she developed during her childhood, putting friends to work in her room rearranging furniture and helping organize her closet. The love for her craft is evident in her meticulous attention to the needs and goals of her clients. Monique can organize closets, collectibles, and photos, but her talents truly stand out in staging a house for resale or decorating a new home. She also excels in managing the needs of a client who is ready to downsize or move, beginning with purging and packing, then unpacking and complete home set-up. She enjoys the process of creating a beautiful home by hanging pictures, placing furniture, and accessorizing. Monique has a special talent for decorating homes for Christmas as well, with amazing trees, tablescapes, and mantels.

The combination of her degree in fine arts and a natural sense of organization has given Monique a knack for choosing color, furniture placement, and lighting in any room. She loves to repurpose items in a client’s home, focusing on function, while maximizing space and adding just the right touches to create an awe-inspiring solution. Monique takes every assignment very seriously, knowing she is handling our clients’ most precious possessions.

Married with a pre-teen daughter, Monique is personally involved as a volunteer in her daughter’s school. She currently serves as chairman for the Used Uniform Committee, taking responsibility for cleaning, mending, and organizing like-new uniforms for a school scholarship program. An avid animal lover, she is very comfortable working in a home with pets. Her friendly nature and warm-hearted attention to detail puts her clients at ease and allows her to orchestrate lasting and life changing transformations.

At an early age, Pat recognized her passion to pursue interior design. She also knew that a beautiful space is only perfect if it functions to meet the needs of the individuals living in the space. This is where her organizational skills became an asset. As a designer, Pat enjoys working with clients, listening to their needs so the residence/office functions well and looks nice, too. She enjoys creativity, decluttering, repurposing of a space or piece of furniture, staging interiors, helping clients transition from one home to another, and “making order” in a home while providing comfort, organization and beauty. While some may run from a “messy” situation, Pat is fulfilled by seeing the project successfully resolved.

Pat completed her education with a B.S. in Interior Design from The University of Mississippi. She has worked for many years as an Interior Designer as well as owned a consulting design business. Her family’s move to the North Dallas area 27 years ago, brought many changes to her life. With three small children and a husband who traveled for business, Pat had to quickly learn to manage her family’s routines and spaces, creating a calm and organized home.

Pat is a doer. She excels in solving space and function challenges, from the tiniest of apartments to the largest homes or offices. Also, she is knowledgeable and gifted in areas like sewing, quilting, jewelry design and Christmas and holiday decorating. She has personal experience helping families organize personal files and belongings after the passing of loved ones.

Among her pastimes, Pat enjoys flea markets and antique shops, gardening, knitting, reading, and riding with her husband on his motorcycle. On holidays or family activities, she enjoys hosting meals with family and friends while decorating tables and areas with seasonal décor. She also serves as a counsel to women through various stages of life and enjoys her Bible studies group. For Pat, having a home is wonderful, but to have an organized home is even better!

Debbie is a native Texan who received her Bachelor's Degree from Texas State University. She started a career in sales and marketing in the mortgage and lending industry, then continued in sales in the medical field. A few moves around the U.S. and two sons later, she found herself back in the Dallas area.

Now equipped with loads of experience in packing, moving, purging, and organizing, Debbie is adept at knowing what to keep and what to let go. She is an expert at simplifying people’s lives if they are truly ready for a change.

Debbie has a keen ability to assess a client’s current lifestyle and assist them in organizing their home for a new and improved way of living. Helping a client through the chaos of large, overwhelming projects is right up her alley. She excels at offering practical solutions that are cost-effective, allowing clients to better manage their lives, become more productive, save money, and spend more time doing the things they love with the people they love.

Her eye for decorating, design, and space planning comes naturally to Debbie. Whether staging a home, sprucing it up with a fresh look, or dazzling a home with Christmas décor, clients are wowed by her creativity. She is skilled at mixing high-end and low-end decor to make the best of any space and budget, and has a well-developed sense of style. Debbie makes sure the spaces she organizes function for the client’s lifestyle.

Debbie, is a wife and Mom, and enjoys reading non-fiction, doing Pilates, and learning to play tennis. She is also involved in her neighborhood as a mentor, dedicated to her church, and loves traveling with her family.

Kimber was born in Jacksonville Beach Florida, but raised throughout the United States. As an officer in the Coast Guard for twenty years, along with her nomadic spirit, she has lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Illinois, Virginia, Rhode Island, California, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and finally, Oklahoma.

Kimber received her degree in Marine Biology and began her adult career as a High School Science Teacher in Virginia. Her military career included working with major oil spill and HAZMAT cleanup, Cabinet Level Counter Terrorism Exercise planning, and as a Head of Delegation for International Risk Assessment Teams. After retiring from the Coast Guard, Kimber opened a Medical Massage Practice as a Licensed Massage Therapist in North Carolina. In early 2017, she closed her business and returned to Oklahoma with her husband, where they live on a five-acre mini homestead, to be closer to both of their families.

With so many moves under her belt, Kimber has extensive experience with packing, unpacking, and downsizing for relocation. She loves home staging and has lots of experience prepping a home for a quick, profitable sale. Her practical, no-nonsense approach is particularly beneficial for maximizing efficiency in kitchens, pantries, and closets. Her passion is assisting clients with systems that bring ease and a sense of calm to their homes. As an avid quilter and crafter, she also loves to see how much creative energy can be influenced by a well-organized, efficient hobby space.

Kimber is married with an adult daughter, loves to quilt, garden, and travel. She also enjoys motorcycling and working on classic cars. She is a problem-solver who has the organizing skills and tools to get the job done for our clients.

Alicia is a native of Oklahoma City, OK, and joined Get Organized! in 2017. She and her husband live in Moore, OK, where they have raised 5 boys.

Having managed their own small business, Alicia understands the paperwork and office organization needed to run a business. Her organizational skills have helped her manage the financial, administrative, supply, and maintenance side, so she is proficient in organizing office records and procedures, as well as organizing computer files and systems.

Alicia has mastered many jobs including manager of a decorative concrete company, floral arranger, and substitute teacher. She has been a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America, President of Moore PTA, managed volunteer staff of high school concessions stands, and organized football and baseball banquets.

Raising a large family has enhanced her ability to maximize space in the smallest of areas. Alicia creates beautiful craft rooms and knows her way around a garage and with tools to build or install organizing products. She has an eye for decorating, and builds themed Pinterest boards for projects to help herself and clients find a vision.

Alicia’s hobbies include healthy cooking, baking, and making home decorations for herself, friends, and family. She also creates beautiful table arrangements, floral wreaths, as well as homemade bath and beauty products.

In her free time, Alicia and her family enjoy fishing and camping with their childhood friends on their pontoon boat at nearby lakes. They also enjoy quality time with their grandson by taking him to museums, zoos, movies, and local attractions. Alicia looks forward to helping her clients Get Organized!

After a lengthy and accomplished career in Professional Theatre/Education, Christi Murphy is excited to be a part of the Get Organized! team. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in Theatre Arts Performance/Directing and an EC-12 Theatre Certification in the state of Texas. A native Texan, Christi resides in the Arlington area with her husband and two children.

With an extensive directing resume, Christi brings her A game when it comes to managing clients and processes. As you can imagine, putting on a production requires many moving parts and this skillset transferred well to juggling organizing projects both large and small. A detail and process-oriented person, Christi provides her clients organizational solutions for unused and unproductive areas in the home, time management skills, and excellent project management.

Christi is especially skilled at holiday décor, crafting, closets, garages, staging furniture, repurposing furniture, children’s areas, and packing and unpacking a home. She has strong expertise in creating spaces that are comfortable, and functional.

An avid art enthusiast and collector, Christi also has a solid understanding of both art genres and styles. This allows her to not only unpack a home, but to use the client’s items to make it beautiful.

Having worked to downsize her Dad’s home after his passing, Christi understands the difficult decisions to be made from years of memories. While she is sensitive to the client’s concerns, she also knows that some clients need a little push to make the tough and often emotional choices.

In addition to a love of organizing and design, Christi enjoys attending live theatre, playing the guitar, traveling, gardening, reading, and volunteering in her community.

Mary was raised on a farm in Wisconsin and moved to the Dallas area where she worked as a dental assistant and a patient care coordinator for over 35 years. She now lives outside of Tyler, Texas with her husband Mike and their two rescue basset hounds Fred and George.

Mary has always had an extremely strong work ethic and is known for doing more than what is expected in most situations. She is very handy with tools, having remodeled 7 homes with her husband and managing and maintaining rental homes in Tyler. Clients who hire her for organizational skills are often elated to know she can assist them with overdue home tasks because of her skillset.

Having a heart and personality that work well with seniors, Mary can organize a downsizing move and medications, or space plan their current home to be more maneuverable. She understands their ties to objects and items associated with memories and will work with them through the decision-making process.

A major asset as an organizer is Mary’s ability to work in very cluttered and sometimes dirty homes. She does not mind very physical work and has experience in working on hoarding jobs. Sometimes these jobs can overwhelm even the most organized person, but Mary enjoys project management and finding solutions to even the most challenging organizing problems.

Whether you need help with packing and unpacking for a move, or dream of a home that is truly organized top to bottom, Mary’s organization skills will leave you wondering why you have waited so long to hire a professional organizer.