about
HEATHER COCOZZA
Owner, Heather Cocozza, PMP, CPO® is an Organizing & Productivity Consultant who has a passion for helping people improve the quality of their work and personal lives. She works with clients to initiate and complete the overwhelming projects in their offices and homes related to physical and digital organization. She also focuses on personal and team productivity.
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Cocozza is currently on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO). She was the NAPO Washington DC (WDC) Chapter Organizer of the Year 2018-2019 and NAPO-WDC Chapter President 2017-2019. She teaches a webinar class for NAPO and was selected as a speaker for the 2017 NAPO National Conference.
Heather initially gained a reputation as an organizer while working 13 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM as an ERP project manager, where she organized and managed large-scale, complex computer systems integration. Since beginning her own small business, she has taken on volunteer leadership roles to help organize youth sports with the most recent being Chair of the Arlington County Sports Commission which advises the Arlington County Board.
Heather is a graduate of The American University, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®).
MISSY CRAWFORD
Residential organizing, estate closeouts, and downsizing transitions showcase her talents best and are also the most rewarding. As a busy mom of two, Missy understands well the satisfaction and peace of an ordered living space.
Missy Crawford joined Cocozza Organizing + Design in 2018, providing hands-on organizing and consulting. Missy consistently goes beyond the initial jumpstart of any project, investing in her clients, teaching them the secrets to maintaining the system that works best for them. With a flair for design, Missy’s organizing solutions are functional yet beautiful and no detail escapes her attention.
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Prior to her work with Cocozza, Missy instructed as a paraeducator in a public school, providing organizational study tools to students with learning disabilities, helping many students make sense of their studies and transform into true success stories. Earlier in her career, Missy worked as an organizing and design assistant at Samara Interiors, LLC in Arlington, honing skills such as space-planning, design installation and styling.
CYNTHIA FISCHER
Cynthia Fischer, Ph.D., is a published art historian and a professional musician. Her passion for visual art has led her to teaching positions at universities, administrative work at the Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art, and opportunities in the commercial art world through art insurance, art galleries, and the management of high-value estates.
In music, she is a vocalist trained in the classical, choral, and jazz genres, and has been a project manager at a boutique classical record label as well as for a local chamber music concert series. She possesses both the skills and passions of an artist, along with the logical, sequential mind of an organizer— a rare combination in the realm of fine arts.
ECO POLICIES
Cocozza Organizing & Design, LLC has adopted the following eco policies:
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In support of green initiatives, provide office and home organizing clients with a Donation & Disposal Guide describing recycle and reuse local resources, companies and non-profit organizations
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For large organizing projects, provide free-of-charge donation drop-off services to local Goodwill stores to support reuse in the community
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Energy-efficient lighting is installed in the office of Cocozza Organizing & Design to lower energy consumption
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Cord management systems are implemented in the office of Cocozza Organizing & Design to lower energy consumption through the reduction of idle electronic equipment energy use
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Recycle paper, cardboard, plastic, toner, and electronic devices in the office of Cocozza Organizing & Design
GIVING BACK
Cocozza Organizing & Design, LLC has conducted pro-bono organizing and donated organizing services to raise funds for the following non-profit and local organizations:
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Arlington Community Foundation, Arlington, VA
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Leveling the Playing Field, Silver Spring, MD
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St. Agnes School, Arlington, VA
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Key School, Arlington, VA
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Breast Cancer Walk, Gaithersburg, MD
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Queen of Apostles, Annandale, VA
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Nocca Institute (New Orleans - Hurricane Benefit)
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Mt. Olivet Preschool, Arlington, VA
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Volunteer Emergency Families for Children (VEFC), Northern VA
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Arlington Science Focus School, Arlington, VA
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Whitehaven Preschool, Arlington, VA
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Congregation Etz Hayim, Arlington, VA
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Community Family Life Services, Washington, DC
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40Plus, Washington, DC
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Rebuilding Together, Fairfax, VA
