About
Helping the Bay Area move beautifully
Changing Places began with a simple idea: change is easier with a steady hand beside you. Three decades later, we remain a concierge-level partner for families and professionals across the San Francisco Bay Area. Our team of 30+ project managers, organizers, and stylists brings deep logistics expertise and a genuine sense of care to every engagement. Many client and partner relationships span years and generations—built on trust, discretion, and consistent results. Whether you’re moving across town or around the world, we make the transition feel calm, organized, and personal.
The team behind the calm
Large enough to manage complex logistics, personal enough to care about every detail. Meet the people who plan, coordinate, and make move-in day feel effortless.
LEADERSHIP
With a long career in hospitality, Katie leads the Changing Places team with empathy, grit, and kindness. Her background in project management, sales, and operations is grounded in building customer loyalty and delivering truly exceptional service.
Katie Carr
President & General Manager
Karen brings 25 years of experience from Levi Strauss, blending creative leadership with strong operational expertise. Her background includes project management, financial oversight, and business development.
Karen Leslie
Operations Manager
Erin has supported Bay Area small businesses for over two decades across professional organizing, boutique retail, and hospitality. She brings a strategic approach to financial administration, human resources, and operations.
Erin Rice
Office Administrator
Julie has worked across creative industries including art, fashion, event production, and project management. At Changing Places, she builds meaningful client relationships and guides creative challenges toward solutions that bring peace of mind.
Julie Hormaechea
Project Coordinator
With experience in luxury construction and design, Phoebe brings deep expertise in project management and client care. She values the client relationship and is committed to a detail-oriented, and compassionate approach to every project.
Phoebe Schraer
Project Coordinator
Margaret Fearey Walsh
Owner, Chairwoman
Margaret Fearey Walsh is the founder of Changing Places and a pioneer in concierge-level relocation and organizing services in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in interior design and decades of experience leading complex, high-touch projects, Margaret has built a reputation for calm leadership, discretion, and an uncommon ability to manage change with grace. Clients often describe her as “a blue blood with blue-collar work ethic”—a reflection of both her refinement and her willingness to do whatever the work requires.
After reinventing herself and launching her business in San Francisco in the early 1990s, Margaret grew Changing Places from a one-woman operation into a trusted firm of 30+ professionals serving families, executives, and advisors through life’s most significant transitions. Her personal experience navigating change shaped her belief that order creates clarity—and that clarity creates peace of mind. Today, that philosophy defines the company she built: thoughtful systems, compassionate service, and beautifully executed transitions.
Industry Affiliations
Our Green Pledge
Our goal on every project is to recycle, donate, give away and reuse wherever possible.
We do our best to divert from landfill to minimize our carbon footprint and protect our lovely planet. Managing moves and clearing homes since 1993, we’ve handled many thousands of pounds of recycling, hazardous materials, mattresses, and garbage. On each and every job, we valiantly do our best to recycle with integrity and manage waste in a responsible manner.
From the moment Changing Places took over my move, everything clicked. What should have been a stressful relocation became surprisingly smooth. The coordination they handled was impressive. Multiple vendors, electricians, art installation—they juggled all the scheduling and logistics. Changing Places made moving genuinely enjoyable, which I didn't think was possible.
Tim F. — client
Single-point project management and schedule
Since 1993
30+ person team
95% Referral-based
Bonded & Insured
Background-Checked
Local → Global
Since 1993, serving the San Francisco Bay Area—
with national and international coordination.
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