Meet Our Team!
Erika Maddamma
Sunny Spaces Company Owner
Sunny Spaces company owner, Erika Maddamma, has been passionate about organizing for as long as she can remember. As a kid, she would wake up on Saturday mornings and re-organize her closet just for fun. She would offer to help clean up and organize friends' rooms when she went over for play dates. For Erika, there’s something therapeutic about the organizing process, and even more rewarding to know she helped a friend out! She’s a naturally positive person, always looking on the bright side, and is a great motivator. She firmly believes life should be lived fully, dreams should be pursued, and nothing should hold you back!
After nearly a decade of working for a car seat manufacturer in the baby industry, educating retail staff, and having a child of her own, Erika’s desire to help other parents deal with the excess baby items, exploding playrooms, and insane schedules led her back to her passion and Sunny Spaces Organizing in Pittsburgh was born. Erika grew up in New England. She moved to Pittsburgh in 2016, after meeting her husband while she was traveling for work. Aside from organizing, Erika also loves:
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spending time in the sunshine, traveling, practicing yoga
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dance parties with her boys, Kaleb and Jaxson
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bold red wine, hoppy IPA and rich, black coffee
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sushi, ice cream, and campfire s’mores
Erika considers herself down to earth and looks forward to helping people in the Pittsburgh area meet their organizing goals!
Mandy
Assistant Organizer
Assistant Organizer, Mandy, is originally from 2 hours north of here but came to the Pittsburgh for nursing school 20 years ago. She has been a critical care nurse since then. She decided to get her real estate license to learn the home-selling business. Mandy had the long-term goal of opening up a home staging business. She received her home staging and interior design certifications and created her start-up home styling business, Lolo Studio. She has been doing staging, styling, organizing, and designing for the last 10 years. She loves that every client situation is unique and enjoys repurposing items that they have in a creative and functional way. In her spare time, she spends time with her two girls and enjoys playing tennis as a hobby.
Assistant Organizer
Amy Terchick
Assistant Organizer, Amy Terchick, grew up in New Jersey and has been in the Pittsburgh area for the last 12 years. She lives with her husband, two dogs and twins who recently graduated high school. Amy will soon be an empty nester as she moves her children into Penn State & Clemson. Having twins and a busy life has led Amy to always find creative ways to stay organized. In her free time, she enjoys playing golf and traveling. Amy can’t wait to help you live a more organized life!
Patrice Bocci
Media Manager
Media Manager, Patrice Bocci, is a native Brooklynite but left city life behind to reside in New Jersey. Before joining this industry, she was a fundraising and events manager for several nonprofits located in NYC. She produced everything from small gatherings such as workshops to larger events like galas. Though event planning was her first love, she always had a passion for organizing. She enjoys developing different organization systems that fit clients' needs while teaching easy-to-follow tricks and tips to help maintain the areas they need to be organized. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family, traveling, and dancing. Her goal is to leave each client with a more confident and secure feeling about their space.
Heather W. Stevens
Assistant Organizer
Assistant Organizer, Heather W. Stevens, has been in the design industry for over twenty years designing for hospitality and residential projects. She is passionate about organizing and designing for clients to meet their individual needs that will ultimately help them to be organized every day!
Heather is originally from Upstate NY and has lived in Virginia, Maryland and now the Mars Area for the last nine years with her husband and son. In her free time, Heather loves to be outdoors, redoing her home decor and upcycling her thrift store finds! She is excited to help you become more organized and less overwhelmed!
Lindsay Peters
Assistant Organizer
Assistant organizer, Lindsay Peters, is a Pennsylvania native that grew up in Florida before coming back to Pittsburgh in 2013. She is a licensed esthetician and splits her time between working at a spa and helping people stay organized with Sunny Spaces. In her free time Lindsay does Pure Barre and spends time with her husband and two kids. She believes that an organized life reduces stress and promotes clarity. Lindsay can’t wait to help you start reaching your organizing goals!
Michelle
Media Manager
Media Manager, Michelle, is a Pittsburgh native, relocated home in 2021 after spending the last nine years teaching elementary school in northern Virginia! While perhaps new to the professional organizing scene, friends and family agree that it has been in her blood from a very young age. From organizing her extensive Barbie collection as a child to her reluctant husband's closet today, she's had plenty of practice. She is a mama to baby Eliza and enjoys cooking, reading, and snuggling her two kitties, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Michelle looks forward to working with you to create your own sunny space!
Brandi Welsch
Assistant Organizer
Assistant Organizer, Brandi Welsch, moved to Pittsburgh eleven years ago from sunny south Florida. Brandi is a licensed PA commercial real estate agent who enjoys finding clients the perfect space for their business. Her personal need for efficiency and order brought her to Sunny Spaces to help others add value to their own personal real estate! Outside of work, Brandi spends time with her daughter Lena and husband Ryan. You can find them most often at Disney World, Seven Springs or Hilton Head Island. Brandi can’t wait to envision and implement a more organized, efficient and cohesive space for you!
Hannah Milheim Novacco
Assistant Organizer
Assistant Organizer, Hannah, grew up in a northeast suburb of Pittsburgh and is also a part-time speech-language pathologist. Hannah began working with Sunny Spaces in 2022, making one of her childhood dreams of organizing a reality. In addition to keeping things neat and tidy, Hannah enjoys adventures with her husband, all things active, and cuddling up on the couch with her cats -Forrest & Tuna. Hannah looks forward to working with you to reach your goals for organization and peace mind!