EP 2: Angela Cody-Rouget of Major Mom Talks Organization, Entrepreneurship

Angela Cody-Rouget is the founder and owner of Major Mom and one of three Certified Professional Organizers in Arizona. She is also a certified Family Manager. She moved with her family and the military over 27 times. Because of this, she learned to keep her load light and not get attached to stuff. Angela understood what it was like to make new friends and then have to leave them. Angela spent 18 years dedicated to serving her country in the US Air Force.  She attained the rank of Major in the USAF and her husband nicknamed her Major Mom after their first child was born. Angela would return from a long weekend of reserve duty and her husband would hand her baby Lily and say “Yeah, Major Mom is home!” Angela has been called Major Mom since December 2003. After her son was born in 2005, she resigned her commission to be a better wife and mother to her two children. She worked as a corporate sale representative for five years and then started her organizing company in 2006. She earned a BA in Speech Communication at Indiana University and an MBA from University of Colorado. Today, Angela puts a high value on her church, family, friends and staff, as she cherishes those strong connections. She sees that she’s part of a larger global family, and longs for her business to grow so that she can give more to help those in need – especially children.

Angela is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and Faithful Organizers, and has served as the President of the Board of Directors for NAPO-Colorado. Like most women, she sometimes feels torn between kids and career and the balancing act is difficult, but she’s thankful for a husband who is supportive and understanding and she couldn’t do life without him.