What are Janines qualifications?
Janine has taken training through the premier organization for organizers, the National Association of Professional Organizers, as well as an affiliated organization, the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (formerly NSGCD). She has also invested in training in coaching, estate organizing, conducting needs assessments, and the Freedom Filer filing system. See the credentials page for details of her professional training. In November 2008, she passed the certification exam administered by the Board of Certification for Professional Organizers. In order to sit for the exam, an organizer must have 1500 billed clients hours in the last three years (or 1250 hours and 250 substitute hours of training). Since she passed the exam, Janine is entitled to use the initials CPO® after her name. She’s the first organizer in the St. Louis area to achieve that distinction. She’s one of only three CPOs in St. Louis and six in the entire state of Missouri. In October 2009, she completed a 20-month
