Our Team

Susan Portnoy, Professional Organizer

Susan is a Professional Organizer in Montreal who founded her business "Organized Success" in 1999. As the wife of a very busy physician and a mother of four, Susan understood, very early on, the importance of leading an organized life. A teacher by profession, Susan began by teaching Organizational Workshops at the Ben Weider Community Center. What started as a series of three workshops grew to a series of six, given annually in the spring and in the fall. From these courses a need arose.

"It wasn't enough for students to learn about organization in the classroom," claims Susan. "They wanted me to come to their homes and offices and walk them through the steps. My greatest satisfaction comes from watching my clients master the art of becoming organized. I don't do it for them," Susan says. "They learn to do it for themselves!"

Susan has been featured in many newspapers and has been a guest on CBC's "Radio Noon" and CJAD's "Tommy Schnurmacher Show." She has appeared on Global TV's "Pulse News" and "In Montreal."

Susan has a special relationship with each of her clients and has yet to meet anyone she could not help to be better organized. "Organization is not an end in itself," claims Susan. "It is the key to a much more productive, less stressful life!"

Lois Kaplan, Professional Organizer

As a Professional Organizer with over 16 years experience, Lois specializes in downsizing, move management and all aspects of residential organizing.

Lois can assist with closet design, floor plans and home office organizing.

Lois is one of 2 Gold Leaf members of POC (Professional Organizers in Canada) in Quebec.

Yuval Eldar, Computer Specialist

In 2003 Yuval joined Organized Success, bringing with him over 20 years of computer experience. He helps our clients set up their computer to meet their home and business needs. Being an excellent teacher, he offers easy to understand instruction on how to declutter your desktop and organize computer files, data, and emails. Yuval finds the right software to keep everyone organized and patiently explains, step by step, exactly how to use this software for finance, photos, recipes, etc.

Elaine Lang, Financial Organizer

Elaine has a background in accounting and bookkeeping. She helps individuals and businesses eliminate debt, organize finances, reduce spending and manage money. Elaine creates a personalized plan tailored to your income and lifestyle. You will be amazed at the savings she can generate for you by helping you make a few simple and easy changes to your financial practices.

Elaine improves and declutters home and office financial systems, eliminates wasteful spending, reviews monthly bills and payments, and consolidates expenses. She will set up a system for you for paying your bills and filing your receipts. She can even teach you how to do online banking to save you valuable time. In addition, she will give you tips on how to achieve a greater performance from your bank deposits. You will be pleasantly surprised how a professional financial organizer can not only simplify your finances but also ensure that more of your hard earned money stays in your pocket.

Ronit Amsel, Photo Organizer

Since July 2004, Ronit has been working with clients to organize, digitize, protect and display their most cherished memorabilia. She works with, photos, slides, films, negatives and even physical awards or specialty items. Her specialty lies in finding the best solutions to keep your memories safe and organized no matter what space you have available and in what format they currently exist.

Most photos end up hiding in piles, boxes, drawers, on phones and on computer hard drives. Her system of organizing, cataloguing and labeling gets photos into order, accessible for viewing and enjoying. In her creative and artistic way, Ronit has helped many clients transfer photos into beautiful albums whether they are digital books, scrapbooks or pocket albums.

Lorna-Anne del Castillo, Wardrobe Consultant and Organizer

We are very proud to introduce Lorna-Anne del Castillo as the newest member of our team. Lorna’s talent and expertise bring a whole new dimension to Organized Success. Born in the Philippines and based in Hong Kong for 15 years, Lorna began her career in the Banking industry and then moved on to become an Inflight Service Manager for Cathay Pacific Airways. A world traveler, Lorna has studied in Paris and Florence. In Montreal she worked in an exclusive high fashion women's boutique, dressing the who's who of Montreal and Toronto's elite. Lorna's wealth of experience in travel and fashion, combined with her great style and organizational talent has given her the ability to help the most discerning of women and men alike to maximize their potential for looking their utmost best. Lorna will work with your wardrobe to create the most fashionable outfits. She will also shop with or for you to produce a sophisticated image appropriate to both your personal and professional lifestyles.