recognitions & affiliations
RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
- Listed as one of the best Home Organizers in San Francisco by Expertise (2018 – present)
- Named the BEST Organizer in San Francisco Magazine’s annual Best of San Francisco issue (2018)
- Listed as one of the 10 Best Professional Organizers in San Francisco (2016)
- Named one of The 100 Top Online Green Influencers (2012)
- SF BayList voted in Top Five Best Home Organization business by readers of The San Francisco Chronicle & SFGate.com (2011)
- Finalist for The Green Award for Most Eco-Friendly Organizing Service in The Los Angeles Organizing Awards (2011)
- BayList Award voted #1 Best Home Organization business by readers of The San Francisco Chronicle & SFGate.com (2010)
AFFILIATIONS
- California Green Business Network – Certified Green Business Innovator (2018 – present)
- San Francisco Green Business Program – Certified Green Business Innovator (2018 – present); certified SF Green Business (2008 – present)
- CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) (2016 – present)
- ADDA (Attention Deficit Disorder Association) (2021 – 2025)
- National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) – Leader of NAPO’s Environmentally Conscious Organizers Special Interest Group (2013 – 2016) and member (2011 – 2026); Golden Circle (2012 – 2026); Member (2007 – 2026); San Francisco Bay Area Chapter member (2007 – 2025)
- Plastic Pollution Coalition (2011 – present)
SPEAKING
- It’s Relatable with Kari O’Driscoll, podcast (2022)
- SF Environment, San Francisco, CA (2019)
- re:Maker Fair, Palo Alto Library & Mitchell Park Community Center, Palo Alto, CA (2018)
- Ecocities in Action, Oakland, CA (2018)
- d.school: Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, Stanford University (2016)
- KQED’s Forum, San Francisco, CA (2016)
- National Association of Professional Organizers 25th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA (2013)
- NAPO-SFBA Regional Conference, Santa Rosa, CA (2012)
- Women’s Sustainable Business Network, San Francisco, CA (2012)
EDUCATION
- Core Strengths Coaching, San Francisco State University (completed 2013)
- Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD) (2009-2017) – Certificates of Study in Life Transitions (2011), Understanding the Needs of the Elderly CD Client (2011), Learning Styles and Modalities (2010), and Chronic Disorganization (2010).
COMMUNITY
- Past volunteer: First Exposures, Homeless Prenatal Program, Mission Food Hub, Rebuilding Together San Francisco
- Past pro bono collaborations: Creativity Explored, Ecocity Builders, Goodwill (San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin chapter), Girl Scouts of Northern California & Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Green Business Camp, Mission Girls / Mission Neighborhood Center, POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights), and Saint Francis Homeless Challenge.
