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Katherine Macey

Owner & CEO, Organize to Excel

Katherine served on the NAPO-LA Board for 5 years. She was awarded both the Raising the Bar and Leading Edge Awards by the Chapter, the Chapter’s highest awards for service and contribution to the Organizing Industry.

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Katherine is committed to providing you with the best the industry has to offer. Katherine has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. After completing her Ph.D., she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She left UCLA after the birth of her first child in 2003, and, early in 2006, Katherine founded Organize to Excel. Katherine continues her education about the organizing and productivity industry, completing CEUs in organizing and productivity provided by NAPO and by her local chapter. She trained as a Neurolinguistic Programming Practitioner in New Zealand and as a Master Practitioner here in California. She is also trained as an Organizer Coach through Coach Approach and is a trained Coaching Facilitator. 

Katherine is happily married with two children, living on the Westside. Katherine’s hobbies include whitewater kayaking, kayak polo and martial arts. She represented New Zealand at the 1998 World Canoe Polo Championship Games and captained the United States Women’s Kayak Polo team at the 2002 World Championships.

Testimonials

“Katherine is the answer to a disorganized person’s dream!  She and her team came in and organized my office, closet and garage.  Wow!  What a difference!  The lack of clutter makes me want to work and makes me more efficient.  I highly recommend Organize to Excel.

– George

“Forget the emotional drain of continually wasting time trying to find things. Time is money!!  The cost of hiring Katherine and her crew is peanuts compared to the rewards of having a system to know where put and find everything.”

– Larry

This was like hiring a gym coach, but for organizing. So thank you so much for making my place feel much much better that’s actually useful and fit my needs.”

– Gabby

"I am a lawyer and I hired Katherine to help organize my law office filing system. She gave us an awesome 1 hour consult to help streamline and make it easier for all employees to access files and information."

– Michael

"Organize to excel has helped me both virtually and in person over the past two years get my office and life organized! They are extraordinary and not at all judgmental. I highly recommend Organize to Excel...even Dr Katherine Macey's virtual training was amazing!!! Thank you for your help!"

– Michael

"We love working with Katherine and her team to organize our offices, garage, and lives. Twice we a year they help us clean our all of our stuff."

– Peter

"Organize to Excel is extraordinary ... They brought so much intelligence and expertise and even guided a choice of shelving and then assembled them so the university's movers could smoothly focus on what was meant for them. A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH AND AN AMAZING FINISHED PRODUCT!"

– Lorrie

"Very professional. Wonderful people to work with. Made my moving process so easy."

– Kathy

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