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NAPO-LA President, Chantale Bordonaro, rocked the Awards.
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Host Kim Coles entertained everyone at the Awards with her anecdotes and great humor.
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NAPO Natonal Board Active Member Director, NAPO-LA Past President and originator of the Los Angeles Organizing Awards, Chris McKenry - NAPO-LA Past President and valued Task Force member, Robin Davi - Event Host Kim Coles.
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Peter Walsh, Lissanne Oliver and our own Christie Gelsomino who has been a volunteer in the Task Force for the Awards event for the past three years.
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Award Recipients
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Accepting the "Best Organizing Product Retailer" on behalf of The Container Store, Courtney Shaver and Award Presenter NAPO National President, Laura Leist.
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Accepting the Award on behalf of NAPO Conference for the "Most Valuable Educational Resource" is NAPO National President Laura Leist with Award Presenter BCPO President Audrey Lavine.
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Award Recipient for "Best Organizer as Coach or Mentor", Elizabeth Hagen with Award Presenters (L) Monica Ricci and Julie Morgenstern.
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Recipient of the NAPO-LA Board Award for "Volunteer of the Year" Event Chair Linda Levine-Quackenbush with Awards Presenters Heidi Chianta and Chantale Bordonaro.
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Recipient of the "Best Garage Design Firm" Award is Gus Gougas of OrganizIT! with Award Presenters Katherine Macey and Lissanne Oliver..
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Presenting Sponsor, Avery Dennison's Special Recognition Award was presented by Jodie Watson to the Television Show "Hoarders" and accepting the award on behalf of A&E are: Producers Dorothy Breininger & Jason Brewer, Certified Professional Organizer, Standolyn Robertson, and vendor to the show, Travis Dudfield, 1800GotJunk.
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Award Recipient for "Best Organizing Book" Hellen Buttigieg with Awards Presenters (L) Emily Wilska and Valentina Sgro.
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Accepting the Award for "Best Office Organizing Product" on behalf of Esselte/Pendaflex for the SureHook Hanging Folder by Pendaflex is Barb Schmit with Award Presenters Katherine Macey and Kim Coles.
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Accepting the "Best Publication Featuring Organizational Information" on behalf of Award Recipient Real Simple Magazine is Jodie Watson with Award Presenters Ann Gambrell and Beverly Clower.
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Award Recipeint for "Best Time Management Expert", Julie Morgenstern with Award Presenter Dorothy Breininger.
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Robin Davi recipient of "The Leading Edge Award" from the NAPO-LA Board and presented by Chantale Bordonaro.
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Accepting the "Best Closet Design Firm" Award on behalf of California Closets are Steve Blumenfeld and Dirk Vahle.
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Accepting the "Best National Makeover Reality Television Program" Award for 'neat' is star of the show Hellen Buttigieg with Award Presenters Joshua Zerkel and Gwynnae Byrd.
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Recipient of the "Green Award for the Most Eco-Friendly Organizing Service" Sara Getzkin with Award Presenters, Deborah Shearer and Kit Anderson.
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Leslie Haber recipient of the "Philanthropy Award" with Award Presenter Peter Walsh.
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Award Recipient for "Most Innovative Organizer", Dorothy Breininger with Award Presenter Hellen Buttigieg.
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Award Recipient for "Best Home Organizing Product" ShelfGenie are NAPO-LA Associate Member Michelle Smith-Aiken and NAPO National Board Member and Associate Member Allan Young and Award Presenters Gus Gougas and Barb Schmit.
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Award Recipient for "Best Organizing Website or Blog" , Aby Garvey with Award Presenters Jill Revitsky and John Trosko.
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Accepting the Award for "Most Helpful Organizing Technology" on behalf of Iphone is Rosalind Lakomy with Award Presenters Kay Wade and Jaime Deitenhoffer.
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Recipient of the "Raising the Bar Award" presented by the NAPO-LA Board is Leslie Haber with Award Presenters Chris McKenry and Robin Davi.
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Accepting the Award for "Most Supportive or Organizer Friendly Charity" on behalf of The National Council of Jewish Women-LA are Lee Saltz and Bob Klausner with Award Presenters, Allan Young and Michelle Smith-Aiken.
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Accepting the "Best Show Incorporating Organizing on National Television Program" Award for 'neat' is star of the show Hellen Buttigieg with Award Presenters Angela Wallace and Courtney Shaver.
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The Red Carpet
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NAPO-LA Current President and Past Presidents: Christine Reiter, Tanya Witford, Robin Davi, Chris McKenry, Dolores Kaytes, Chantale Bordonaro, John Trosko, Dorothy Breininger and Donna McMillan.
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2010 Organizing Awards Task Force (Front: Heather Furlong, Christie Gelsomino, Dolores Kaytes, Linda Levine-Quackenbush, Chantale Bordonaro, Rosalind Lakomy, Erin Haas. Back: Lori Gersh, Katherine Macey, Michelle Smith-Aiken, John Trosko, Gail Gray, Amanda Hughes. Not pictured: Robin Davi.
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"Hoarders" stars: NAPO-LA's Dorothy Breininger and NAPO National Past President Standolyn Robertson.
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Founders of NAPO: The always entertaining Beverly Clower and Ann Gambrell.
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NAPO-LA Past Vice-President and 2009 Organizing Awards Event Chair, Jodie Watson - NAPO National Board Active Member Director Elizabeth Hagen -2010 Organizing Awards Event Chair, Linda Levine-Quackenbush showing off their tiers.
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Linda Koopersmith and NAPO-LA Past President, John Trosko.
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Hellen Buttigieg, Host Kim Coles, Dorothy Breininger and Monica Ricci looking elegant in black.
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Attending from Organize.com were Kevin Watts, Melissa Medina, Deborah Shearer, Steve Guthrie, Chantale Bordonaro (NAPO-LA President) and Terry Shearer.
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NAPO-LA Vice-President Katherine Macey and Author Lissanne Oliver attending all of the way from Australia.
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Dorothy Breininger; Producer and star of "Hoarders" on A&E and Peter Walsh; Star of "Oprah's Clean Up Your Messy House" segments on ABC, shine on the red carpet.
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BCPO President and Vocal Talent: Audrey Lavine
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NAPO National President: The lovely Laura Leist
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NAPO-LA Associate Members: Barb Schmit of Esselte/Pendaflex and Gus Gougas of OrganizIT!
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California Chapter Presidents: Gwynnae Byrd of Sacramento, Chantale Bordonaro of Los Angeles, and Joshua Zerkel of San Francisco Bay Area.
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Award Presenters: Julie Morgenstern and Monica Ricci.
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Mishele Viera and NAPO-LA Past President Tanya Witford.
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NAPO-LA Treasurer Nicole Ballard, Host Kim Coles and NAPO National Past President Standolyn Robertson.
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NAPO-LA Secretary, Regina Lark and NAPO-LA Vice-President Katherine Macey.
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NAPO-LA Member and Editor of the Newsletter, Claire Flannery.
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NAPO-LA member Toni Scharff and Justine Micelli.
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NAPO-LA Associate Members: Kay Wade of Closet Factory and Jaime Deitenhofer of Garage Envy.
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Award Presenters: Valentina Sgro and Emily Wilska.
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Hester Simon, Host Kim Coles and Leslie Haber, NAPO-LA's Director of Professional Development.
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NAPO-LA Vice President: Katherine Macey, NAPO-LA President: Chantale Bordonaro, Event Chair: Linda Levine-Quackenbush.
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NAPO National Active Member Director, Angela Wallace.
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Krista Colvin and Aby Garvey of Simplify 101.
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NAPO National Treasurer Sandy Stelter and Organizing Awards Event Chair Linda Levine-Quackenbush.
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Chris McKenry, Rachel Eisner - Design Assistant with Connie McCreight Interior Design, Host Kim Coles, Carolyn Judson - Senior Designer with Connie McCreight Interior Design and Joe Clapsaddle of Hornberg Jaguar who provided the prize for our "Holiday in Hollywood" raffle.
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