Tara Donohue Rudo launched No More Piles in 2002 to help Baltimore’s busy families and small business owners get more organized so they could reduce their stress, save money and have more time for the things they really care about.
Prior to stepping into her entrepreneurial journey, Tara spent over a decade working in various corporate environments, ranging from financial planning and investments to medical offices, staffing agencies and restaurants. This broad experience has given her a unique perspective in developing and implementing simple yet highly effective organization systems for her clients.
Tara believes that work life balance is the rainbow unicorn. Life and work both need our 100% focus. The key is to manage your time and skills to give 100% to each at various parts of the day and week. Her passion is helping clients learn tools and strategies so they can spend quality time on the big rocks in their life and not on the sand.
Tara is one of only 350 Certified Professional Organizers in the world and a Certified Organizer Coach. She is a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and NAPO’s Golden Circle.
Tara has been featured on Fox 45 Morning News and in Parenting Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, The Jewish Times, Carroll Magazine and The Capital newspapers. Tara is a frequent speaker on organizing and time management at various community, business and non-profit organizations.
Shannon leads an active lifestyle. She is a wife and mother who has spent the past 25 years teaching and volunteering in various capacities. Her home was where the Navy sent her. She moved numerous times and understands the ins and outs of relocating as well as the vital role that organization plays in life.
Now, settled in Anne Arundel County, she is an organizer that strives to provide effective client service in a compassionate and nonjudgmental manner.
Shannon has a background in Communicative Sciences and Disorders. She can provide assistance in identifying solutions and encourage you while tackling the task at hand. Shannon Olin joined the No More Piles team in August of 2014.
Dawn
Dawn moved to Maryland from New York in 2011. She is married and has two girls. She was in the spa industry as an esthetician for 9 years before becoming a stay at home mom. She now uses ALL her organizing skills to manage her family and the lives of two teenagers! She is a very outdoorsy person who loves to take her dog hiking as many days a week as she can. She also loves to bring the outside in with her vast plant collection that continues to grow!
Dawn believes that no two people are the same and enjoys interacting with and getting to know what makes that person unique. She really enjoys helping people to create a space that makes sense for them and their individual needs. Dawn joined the No More Piles team in the summer of 2022.
Erika Vance
Erika Vance has spent the last few years as a stay at home parent. Her previous experience was in the fitness industry as a personal trainer and group exercise instructor for 20 years. She loves to be active and spends her free time hiking, refinishing furniture and other painting projects. Erika feels that the time she spent working with clients as a trainer has enabled her to be open minded about where people are in their lives and given her the ability to work with many varied personalities. She really enjoys creating organized spaces and finding out what works for each individual person and assisting them in completing a project. Erika joined the No More Piles team in the spring of 2022.
Sandy Hook
Sandy has lived in the Crownsville, Maryland area for the last 23 years. She previously lived in Northern California but she and her husband packed up and drove across the country to live here in 2000. She has two children who are 19 and 22. Sandy is very creative and loves to sketch and paint. Sandy loves that working for No More Piles enables her to see and work in a wide variety of places and with many different people. She finds it satisfying to see the job through from the beginning to the end. Sandy joined the No More Piles team in the summer of 2022 after previous experience as an esthetician and working in a court reporting firm.
Matt Worst
Matt has live in Maryland for three years after living in New Jersey his whole life. Before working with No More Piles he has had many different work experiences including photography, working behind the scenes in television and working as an electrician. His varied work experience and many hobbies enable him to bring a unique skill set to each organizing project. He finds that each day with No More Piles is a new adventure. He enjoys meeting new people and the problem solving that each new location brings. Matt finds much satisfaction in easing a client’s stress and helping them overcome what can seem to be an insurmountable situation. He joined the No More Piles team in the fall of 2021.
Lori
Lori joined the No More Piles team in 2023 bringing over 20 years of experience in client consulting, marketing retail sales, office organization and showroom design.
Lori’s passion for organizing has always come naturally. She pursued part time positions where she enjoyed utilizing her talents with Hold Everything, a retail store which sold organizing products and eventually becoming a professional organizer with a local organizing company. She also loves spending time with her children, pets, cooking, entertaining, taking nature walks, green thumb therapy, photo organizing and digital scrapbooking.
Lori is excited to be part of our team where we share the same strengths and interest in organization, as well as a purpose in caring for others.
