FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

5/31/2007

News Release

Contact: marketing@certifiedprofessionalorganizers.org

BCPO^® ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZERS

DUNEDIN, FL—The Board of Certification for Professional Organizers (BCPO^®) is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the prestigious Certified Professional Organizer^® (CPO^®) designation. The inaugural CPO^® examination was administered on April 25, 2007, in Minneapolis, MN.

“The program of certification for professional organizers acknowledges the importance and value of standards in our industry. The CPO^® contributes to those evolving standards, and represents the epitome of competence, ethics, and professionalism,” says BCPO^® President Audrey Lavine, CPO^®.

CPO^® Certification is a voluntary, industry-led effort which benefits the public and members of the organizing profession. CPO^® Certification recognizes those professionals who have met specific minimum qualifications and proven through examination and client interaction to possess the body of knowledge and experience required for certification. The program recognizes and raises industry standards, practices, and ethics. While the CPO^® designation is not an endorsement or recommendation, certification of professional organizers maximizes the value received from the services provided and products recommended by a CPO^®.

What is a professional organizer?

A professional organizer enhances the lives of clients by designing systems and processes using organizing principles and through transferring organizing skills. A professional organizer also educates the public on organizing solutions and the resulting benefits. Professional organizers help individuals and businesses take control of their surroundings, their time, their paper, and their systems for life.

About BCPO^®

(www.certifiedprofessionalorganizers.org)
The Board of Certification for Professional Organizers (BCPO^®) is the certifying body whose charter is to increase the professionalism of the organizing industry by:

• Identifying a body of knowledge in the organizing profession
• Establishing the level of knowledge and experience required for certification
• Advancing the practice of professional organizing
• Increasing the value of organizing practitioners to their employers
• Recognizing and raising industry standards, practices and ethics
• Maximizing the value received from the products and services provided by CPO^®s

Inaugural CPO^®

Sally Allen, CPO®, Golden, CO Melinda Anderson, CPO®, Dacula, GA Linda Arena, CPO®, Westborough, MA Pierrette Ashcroft, CPO®, Washington, DC Marcie Baker Turrin, CPO®, Houston, TX Stephanie Barbic, CPO®, El Cernto, CA Renee Belisle, CPO®, Scottsdale, AZ Patricia Bernabei, CPO®, Ashland, MA Julie Bestry, CPO®, Chattanooga, TN Ruthann Betz-Essinger, CPO®, Birmingham, AL Nicole Bickett, CPO®, Carmel, IN Linda Birkinbine, CPO®, Getzville, NY Bill Bliesath, CPO®, Valley Village, CA Anne Blumer, CPO®, Portland, OR Chantale Bordonaro, CPO®, Redondo Beach, CA Deborah Bowie, CPO®, Mechanicsville, VA Cynthia Braun, CPO®, Lake Grove, NY Roberta Brennan, CPO®, Grove City, OH Denslow Brown, CPO®, CPO-CD®, Drury, MO Katherine Brown, CPO®, Sarasota, FL Karen Bryant, CPO®, Waterford, CT Kathleen Burns, CPO®, Encinitas, CA Hellen Buttigieg, CPO®, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Jane Campbell, CPO®, Rockville, MD Dawn Cannon, CPO®, Loomis, CA Deborah Carney, CPO®, Mentor, OH Jane Caroo, CPO®, Palatine, IL Allison Carter, CPO®, Marietta, GA Laurie Clarke, CPO®, Fort Collins, CO Yvette Clay, CPO®, Pflugerville, TX Michelle Cooper, CPO®, Roswell, GA Diane Cousins, CPO®, Broomfield, CO Robin Davi, CPO®, Pasadena, CA Stephanie Davis, CPO®, Jackson, MS Ellen Delap, CPO®, Kingwood, TX Vickie Dellaquila, CPO®, Pittsburgh, PA Stephanie Denton, CPO®, Cincinnati, OH Sue DeRoos, CPO®, Macomb, IL Lisa DeVeau, CPO®, Manilus, NY Tara Donohue, CPO®, Owings Mills, MD Mary Dykstra, CPO®, Grand Rapids, MI Glenda Evans, CPO®, San Jose, CA Sandra Fahlen, CPO®, Kirkland, WA Ellen Faye, CPO®, Cherry Hill, NJ Margie Feinberg, CPO®, Denver, CO Lorraine Fine, CPO®, Brighton, MA Sara Fisher, CPO®, Atlanta, GA Emily Fitzgerald, CPO®, Fort Wayne, IN Beth Flarida, CPO®, Anaheim Hills, CA Kathryn Franzen, CPO®, Roseville, MN Barbara Friedman, CPO®, Milwaukee, WI Gail Furgal, CPO®, New York, NY Maureen Gainer Reilly, CPO®, Chicago, IL Lorrie Gazette, CPO®, Tyler, TX Linette George, CPO®, Lombard, IL Lynne Gilberg, CPO®, CPO-CD®, Los Angeles, CA Debbie Gilster, CPO®, Laguna Niguel, CA Mindy Godding, CPO®, CPO-CD®, Richmond, VA Cathryn Golden, CPO®, San Diego, CA Linda Goldfarb, CPO®, East Meadow, NY Linda Goldman, CPO®, Highland Park, IL Eileen Roth Gorman, CPO®, Scottsdale, Holly Graff, CPO®, El Dorado Hills, CA Jan Grandprey, CPO®, San Diego, CA Michelle Grey, CPO®, Marietta, GA Elizabeth Tawney Gross, CPO®, Albuquerque, NM Deborah Gussoff, CPO®, Montclair, NJ Elizabeth Hagen, CPO®, Sioux Falls, SD Lauren Halagarda, CPO®, Jacksonville, NC Roxana Hambleton, CPO®, Fort Myers, FL Dhawn Hansen, CPO®, San Diego, CA Diane Hatcher, CPO®, Cooper City, FL Barbara Hemphill, CPO®, Raleigh, NC Linda Henderson, CPO®, Raymore, MO Julie Hibbs, CPO®, Houston, TX Johanna Higgins, CPO®, Raalte, Netherlands Pamela Hughes, CPO®, San Antonio, TX Barry Izsak, CPO®, Austin, TX Donna Jaroslawski, CPO®, CPO-CD®, Syosset, NY Diana Jillie, CPO®, La Jolla, CA Julie Job, CPO®, Gresham, OR Connie Johnson, CPO®, San Francisco, CA Cindy Kamm, CPO®, Los Angeles, CA Deborah Kawashima, CPO®, Studio City, CA Teine “Dana” Kenney, CPO®, Newbury Park, CA Porter Knight, CPO®, Bristol, VT Eileen Koff, CPO®, Stony Brook, NY Susan Kousek CPO®, Reston, VA Patty Kreamer, CPO®, Pittsburgh, PA Bethanne Kronick, CPO®, Camp Sherman, OR Joan Kuenhold, CPO®, Bristol, WI Ellen Kutner, CPO®, Pleasant Valley, NY Vernestine Laughinghouse, CPO®, Washington, DC Audrey Lavine, CPO®, New York, NY Katherine Lawrence, CPO®, Richmond, VA Laura Leist, CPO®, Snohomish, WA Lorraine Lindhult, CPO®, Hatboro, PA Donna Lindley, CPO®, Rochester Hills, MI Dawn Link, CPO®, Stoneham, MA Sandy Linville, CPO®, Lexington, KY Susan Lovallo, CPO®, Fairfield, CT Kristin Lowe, CPO®, Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Judith Lubowicki, CPO®, Fenton, MI Margaret Lukens, CPO®, Burlingame, CA Faith Manierre, CPO®, Glastonbury, CT Patti Manna, CPO®, Piedmont, OK

Janice Marino-Doyle, CPO®, Freehold, NJ Lorie Marrero, CPO®, Austin, TX Athenee Mastrangelo, CPO®, Longwood, FL Michele Matties, CPO®, Framingham, MA Alyssa McCain, CPO®, Brooklyn, NY Mary McClung, CPO®, San Francisco, CA Sheila McCurdy, CPO®, Upland, CA Pamela McCutcheon, CPO®, Wichita, KS Jennifer McDaniel-Wolf, CPO®, CPO-CD®, Milwaukee, WI Shannon McGinnis, CPO®, Santa Cruz, CA Carol “CJ” McKenzie, CPO®, Round Hill, VA Nancy McKinney, CPO®, Madison, WI Kimberly Medlock, CPO®, Olive Branch, MS Marcy Melton, CPO®, Los Angeles, CA Lynn Meyer O’Dowd, CPO®, Chicago, IL Bonnie Miller, CPO®, Winter Springs, FL Victoria Miller, CPO®, Atlanta, GA Debra Milne, CPO®, Ajax, Ontario, Canada Lisa Montanaro, CPO®, Warwick, NY Nancy Moody, CPO®, Houston, TX Elizabeth “Casey” Moore, CPO®, Chesapeake, VA Miriam Ortiz y Pino, CPO®, Albuquerque, NM Kimberly Oser, CPO®, Gaithersburg, MD Joyce Owen-Blackwood, CPO®, Springfield, MO Kathy Paauw, CPO®, Redmond, WA Ellen Palestine, CPO®, Livingston, NJ Helene Parenteau, CPO®, Salem, NH Mary Pankiewicz, CPO®, CPO-CD®, Whitesburg, TN Kim Pastor, CPO®, Medina, MN Christa Patchen, CPO®, Seattle, WA Seph Paul, CPO®, El Cerrito, CA Karen Payne, CPO®, Waukesha, WI Nancy Peham, CPO®, Plano, TX AJ (Ann J.) Pfander, CPO®, Avon, OH Elaine Quinn, CPO®, Chicago, IL Elizabeth Randall, CPO®, Plainfield, IL Cyndy Ratcliffe, CPO®, Wake Forest, NC Amy Rehkemper, CPO®, Parkville, MD Jill Revitsky, CPO®, Pittsburgh, PA Kate Rhoad, CPO®, The Woodlands, TX Barbara Ricketts, CPO®, Newhall, CA Joanne Rinaldi, CPO®, Linwood, NJ Helen Ritchie, CPO®, San Anselmo, CA Standolyn Robertson, CPO®, Waltham, MA Victoria Roberts-Russell, CPO®, Mill Valley, CA Scott Roewer, CPO®, Washington, DC Shannon Ronald, CPO®, Tacoma, WA Debbie Rosemont, CPO®, Sammamish, WA Tami Rush, CPO®, Tarpon Springs, FL Jennifer Ryan, CPO®, Kings Park, NY Wendy Samuel, CPO®, New York, NY Lisa Sarasohn, CPO®, Boulder, CO Janine Sarna-Jones, CPO®, New York, NY Marilyn Satter, CPO®, Spring, TX Ann Saunders, CPO®, Baltimore, MD Patricia Schliep, CPO®, Kirkland, WA Holly Sherman, CPO®, Naperville, IL Leslie Shreve, CPO®, Pikesville, MD Anna Sicalides, CPO®, Berwyn, PA Mary Sigmann, CPO®, Ames, IA Fern Silvernagel, CPO®, Fort Lee, NJ Janice Simon, CPO®, Houston, TX Diane Smith, CPO®, Acworth, GA Melinda Smith, CPO®, Denver, NC Diana Soll, CPO®, Roslyn Heights, NY Melissa Sorensen, CPO®, Woodbridge, Halina Stefans, CPO®, Minneapolis, MN Charlotte Steill, CPO®, Scottsdale, AZ Harriet Steinberg, CPO®, Lake Oswego, OR Sandy Stelter, CPO®, Suisun, CA Eileen Stevie, CPO®, CPO-CD®, Cary, NC Ann Sullivan, CPO®, New York, NY Kimberly Sumpter, CPO®, Pelham, AL Karen Swain, CPO®, Arlington, VA Christy Talese, CPO®, Wooster, OH Carson Tate, CPO®, Charlotte, NC Carol Thistlethwaite, CPO®, San Francisco, CA Audrey Thomas, CPO®, Bloomington, MN Diana Thomas, CPO®, Kirkland, WA Jackie Tiani, CPO®, Glendale Heights, IL Amy Trager, CPO®, Chicago, IL Katherine Trezise, CPO®, CPO-CD®, Cockeysville, MD Jeannie Triezenberg, CPO®, Naperville, IL Tracey Turner, CPO®, Santee, CA Holly Uverity, CPO®, Houston, TX Karon Van Vuuren, CPO®, Houston, TX Mishele Vieira, CPO®, Encinitas, CA Kimberly Vlah, CPO®, Jacksonville, FL Leslie Walden, CPO®, Atlanta, GA Bonnie Riley, CPO®, Arlington, VA Angela Wallace, CPO®, Novato, CA Wendy Walter, CPO®, Medfield, MA April Welch, CPO®, Leavenworth, WA Erin Wells, CPO®, Winchester, MA Lisa Wendt, CPO®, Eagan, MN Kristin White del Rosso, CPO®, Charlotte, NC Tanya Whitford, CPO®, Los Angeles, CA Sara Wiggins, CPO®, Silver Spring, MD Emily Wilska, CPO®, San Francisco, CA Jane Woolsey, CPO®, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sandy Wright, CPO®, CPO-CD®, Germantown, TN Helen Yarbrough, CPO®, Indialantic, FL Lisa York, CPO®, Franklin, TN Joshua Zerkel, CPO®, San Francisco, CA

*CPO-CD^® is a separate designation under the authority of the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD).