The Athens Home Organizer - Stash it, Store it, Find it, Use it.

Member: National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and the Georgia Chapter of NAPO

Education: Julia Marlowe received a B.S. in 1971 in Home Economics Education, with a focus on home management. She received a M.S. in 1977; she investigted factors associated with getting out of debt for Consumer Credit Counseling Clients for her thesis. She received a Ph.D. (1979) in Consumer Economics and her dissertation topic was an examination of household time use.

Experience: Julia taught home economics and family living at the high school level for three years in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the college level, she taught courses in consumer economics, financial management, and home and resource management at the University of Tennessee, University of Arizona, Virginia Tech and the University of Georgia. She has conducted numerous workshops and seminars on resource management topics, many of them as part of her work with the University of Georgia Extension Service. She has also appeared on the Clark Howard segment on television as a consumer expert.

Marlowe began Athens Home Organizer January 2006 and has worked with numerous clients on a wide variety of projects. She has given home organizing seminars and workshops in the Athens area to small and large groups.

Philosophy: The Athens Home Organizer approach to solving clients' organizational challenges involves recognizing that each household is different; that it is important to keep the clients' goals, lifestyles, and budgets in mind when designing solutions; and that client involvement in the organization process is crucial.

Personal: Julia has lived in Athens, Georgia since 1985. She has five grown children and four grandchildren. Julia and her husband are members of Trinity Lutheran Church in Athens. Julia has always liked devising organizing systems and began doing it in elementary school. She also began making scrapbooks that early and it is one of her hobbies today.