Co-Founders
Kate Pawlowski – Founding Partner
Kate always loved to organize and perfected her de-cluttering skills on her childhood friends’ bedrooms, but it wasn’t until her early twenties that she realized she could get paid to do it. After graduating from college, she was hired by a family friend to manage the move of a five-story townhouse to another state. Kate soon realized that her direct questions about her first client’s belongings were really questions about why we keep things even if they don’t work for us. Kate’s training in psychology allowed her to understand the deep-seated reasons why people hold on to possessions even when they cause problems, and realized this might be the seed for a business idea. After booking her second job and realizing she couldn’t do it alone, she called in the person who had taught her everything she knew about organizing—and life in general—her mom, Ann. And so Done & Done Home was formed. Kate holds a BA in Psychology from The New School and is a graduate of The Nightingale-Bamford School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
Ann Lightfoot – Founding Partner
Born and raised in the Midwest, Ann is an eternal optimist with an endless interest in the human experience. After returning to New York after nine years in London, she started her own company, A Better Birth, and worked for five years as a doula in New York, alleviating expectant mothers’ fears and supporting them during pregnancy and the labor process. Her experience in shepherding clients through times of stress and great life change makes the emotional side of organizing work second nature to her. Always comforted by an organized home, Ann was thrilled when her daughter, Kate, called for help with an decluttering and inventory job. As one job followed another, their business was born. Ann works closely with all clients and her attention to their life stories and experiences with organization has lead Done & Done Home to have a nearly perfect hire rate after in-person consultations. Ann Lightfoot holds an MFA from The New School and a BA from Loyola University. She is a proud grandma to Kate’s son, James.
Associates
Blandy Coty
Blandy Coty grew up in Manhattan and now lives in Greenwich, CT. After a career that started in the fashion and design industry doing sales and marketing for fifteen years, she moved on to pursue philanthropic interests and most recently assisted non-profits in meeting their financial goals. Throughout her professional life, Blandy had an ongoing interest in home design and organization. She joins Done & Done Home as a team member specializing in home styling. After a clear out and reorganization of remaining belongings, Blandy will be available to help our clients transform their now de-cluttered homes into stylish spaces that reflect their individual sense of home. Her impeccable organization skills and fantastic sense of design makes her a valuable addition to the Done & Done Home team. Blandy holds a BA in Art History from Georgetown University. She attended The Brearley School and graduated from The Spence School in Manhattan.
Patty Grunebaum
Patty was born and raised in Manhattan, graduated from the Calhoun School in New York City and received a BA from Hamilton College with a major in Art History and minor in French. Upon graduating from college, Patty began working at Sotheby’s Auction House splitting her time between catalog production and sales promotion and later as the Director of Advertising. After a career that took her from J. Crew to Giorgio Armani, Coach to Mark Cross, Patty moved to Bedford with her husband and three children where she worked for Papo d’Anjo. A true expert when it comes to balancing work, family and being an active participant in community life, Patty finds time for Done and Done alongside volunteering on the Parents committees of Rippowam Cisqua School in Bedford, St. George’s School in Newport, RI and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. She is currently Vice President of the Rusticus Garden Club in Bedford.
Macky Henesey
Macky Henesey was born and raised in Seal Beach, California. She grew up playing competitive tennis, swimming, running and was a recruited field hockey player at UC Davis. When the beaches beckoned she returned to southern California to graduate with a degree in Psychology from Cal State Long Beach. She then ventured east to begin a career in public relations and advertising in Washington, DC. She met her husband Mike there and they moved shortly thereafter to New Canaan, CT where they’ve lived and raised their three children over the last 25 years. Macky has organized her home, her three kids rooms (repeatedly!), countless dorm rooms and parts of many friends home. Macky has volunteered extensively and her work has spanned from the New Canaan Garden Club to the Waveny Care Center to National Charity League. Professionally she’s taken on the reorganization of a filing system in a law firm’s Westchester County office. Having organized everything from lace to lawsuits there’s not much that intimidates this one!
Meri MacEacheron
Meri was born and raised in Westfield, NJ. After graduating from Lafayette College with a BA in English she moved to San Francisco where she met her husband, Darby. They married and settled in Oakland, CA and had two children Max and Margaux. Though her career has been in advertising, most recently for MommyPoppins.com, her passion has always been organization, interior design and real estate. She went to open houses with her mom as a young kid just for fun. In 2014, Meri and her family moved back to Westfield, NJ to be closer to family. For the move, Meri de-cluttered, packed and staged their home in Oakland, CA which helped expedite the sale and raised the value of the home. She has always enjoyed helping friends and family with organizing and offering design ideas for their remodels. She has designed and managed three bathroom renovations, an attic remodel and a bonus room remodel in her own home. The things she loves most are entertaining her family and friends, and cooking and eating yummy food!
Katie Hammond Up until a few years ago, Katie had an entire plastic bin full of all the letters and cards she had ever received. This was one of many boxes that she repeatedly moved from home to home, but rarely opened or enjoyed. Determined to make the most of a spring cleaning, Katie dedicated hours to reading through each letter and card. Ultimately, she ended up with one ziplock bag and felt like she could breathe more easily. This inspired Katie to approach the rest of her belongings in the same way, thoughtfully downsizing and letting go. Katie has recently relocated to East Hampton, NY and is excited to be a part of the Done and Done team. Katie has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and a Masters degree from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. Prior to her position with Done and Done, Katie worked as a counselor and advocate for survivors of domestic violence, foster care youth, incarcerated adolescents and adults, and residents of long-term care facilities through numerous non-profit organizations.
Emilie Stoll
Emilie Stoll is a born and bred New Yorker. She received her BA in Dance from Connecticut College in 2017. Along with organizing her body in space, Emilie has always sought out organizational outlets. The messier the job, the more satisfying the end result, there is no project too daunting. Emilie also enjoyed studying Human Development and French, both deepening her passion for people and culture. She took a semester off in the fall of her junior year to live on her own and dance in Paris, France. Her time away gave her the project of creating her own space within someone else’s “very eclectic” home. She acknowledged at the time, and to this day, that everyone has their own way of living, and though she herself is a minimalist, she finds satisfaction in not only taking on organizational projects, but also listening, and allowing a narrative to continue to exist.
Meg Koett
We didn’t have to search far when we were looking for someone to head up our marketing department. Meg Koett comes to us by way of family; sister to Ann and aunt to Kate, her hire was a no-brainer. We needed someone who knew us well enough to represent our brand and who better than a woman who has literally been there since day one?
Meg is a graduate of Ripon College but decided early on to work from home while raising her two children. The co-founder of Jam Custom Handbags, Meg learned how to work with clients, how to advertise a brand and how to sell products online. After a successful run of five years, Jam closed their doors and Meg was available to put her knowledge to work for Done & Done. She will be working on our social media presence and will be contributing to our website content.
Heather McDonnell
Heather was born and raised in Xenia, Ohio. A graduate of Vanderbilt University with a BA in Communications, she began her career in New York City at a startup media company. During her ten years there, she held various positions and ultimately became the Director of Investor Relations when the company became public. She then went on to Bear Stearns to work in Investor Relations.
Heather met her husband Mark in New York City and they reside in Glen Cove, New York. Having raised three children, Reed, Claire and Jeffrey, she is now keenly focused on her natural organizational skill set. A master of packing, organizing and minimizing comes from years of moving her three children in and out of boarding schools and colleges. She loves going to her friend’s homes; emptying closets, cupboards and even rooms to reorganize and create a less cluttered living experience. Heather is a minimalist at heart.
This past year Heather has consolidated and organized her entire collection of photos. She took it one step further and for Christmas, had her children’s grade school artwork scanned, duplicated and made into a beautiful coffee table book. She is currently transcribing and creating a book of letters sent from her grandfather to her grandmother during the First World War. Clearly Heather has a passion for order and on any given day you will find her reorganizing a closet or another drawer.
She has renovated and decorated four homes and is always excited for a new project.
Erin Gustafson
Erin grew up with a father who labeled the shelves in the refrigerator and a mother who kept the house spotless while raising 10 happy kids. You could say that organizing is in her DNA. If you invite her to your house and you’re willing to let her look inside your cabinets, she’ll reorganize them in a New York minute. As a professional organizer, she has a gift for seeing solutions fast. She has worked with clients of all ages and stages of life—upsizing, downsizing, reorganizing homes for grace and simplicity. She’s thrilled to be on the team of Done and Done, and ready to help you reclaim your space.
Ann is thrilled to welcome Erin to the Done & Done team. Who would’ve known that a friendship that started 45 year ago at St Norbert’s in Northbrook, IL would result in professional collaboration all these years later.
