When It Comes to Relocating, He Can Organize Your Every Move
Moving stinks. You already know that. And whenever you have to move to a different house or apartment, you discover anew that it stinks even worse than you remembered.
But Tom Nevermann faces this stress-filled horror every day without fear.
Nevermann is in the business of the stress of moving. He is the founder of The Moving Doctor, a Beverly Hills company that helps clients contend with the physical and psychological problems associated with moving.
He spends hours planning. He finds reputable moving companies, arranges utility services, organizes kitchens ad closets; he’ll even install shelf paper. The goal: a stress-free move.
“There is a certain amount of emotional attachment that the client has to deal with,” said Nevermann, 32, a West Hollywood resident. “By taking some of the stress off the client, people can move in without dealing with the gory details and that makes me feel good.”
Nevermann says he tries to serve as a buffer between the consumer and the mover. He got started in the business six years ago after helping a friend get settled into a new apartment. The experience got him thinking.
“I saw all the little things that went into a move,” said Nevermann, who began his professional career organizing kitchens, garages and closets.
To Nevermann, organizing was something that always came easily, so he decided to try it on a larger scale. Over the next few years, the business expanded. Now with a permanent staff of 10, Nevermann has carved out an unusual niche for himself.
“There is a difference in pulling (items) out of a box and organizing them,” he said. “It takes a lot of energy for me even though I have a crew.”
Nevermann took a roundabout route to becoming an entrepreneur, but he says it was all part of the training. He worked in an office overseeing a corporate move, he did some catering gigs and was a tour guide at Universal Studios.
“It’s amazing how much (the things) I have done in the past have helped me,” he said. And what is the most important service he can provide? “I have to calm people down and use my sense of humor.”
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The Los Angeles Regional Family Planning Council has appointed Culver City Councilman Steven Gourley to its board of directors.
An attorney practicing in West Los Angeles, Gourley is a longtime activist in family planning, population and immigration issues.
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Los Angeles resident Julie Nuss has been awarded a president’s scholarship by Mount St. Mary’s College.
Nuss, a recent graduate of Westchester High School, received the scholarship for her outstanding high school achievements. The scholarship is given to students who have a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.7 and above.
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Brenda Battey has been named to the board of directors of El Nido Family Centers, a counseling and education service for children.
Battey, a certified public accountant and senior vice president of finance at First Federal Bank of California in Santa Monica, will serve on the finance and personnel committees of the board. The Los Angeles resident is a graduate of Scripps College in Claremont.
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Gary Roggenstein has been named the 1993 Correctional Education Assn. Teacher of the Year for the West Coast region.
Roggenstein is an instructor at Hollywood Re-Enter, a California Department of Corrections program for pre-parole males in the state prison system. He teaches a program that deals with substance-abuse issues, goal-setting and self-esteem.
The Lancaster resident was honored at a ceremony held last month at the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Prof. Abraham Lowenthal has been awarded a 1993-94 Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research in Japan.
Lowenthal, director of the USC Center for International Studies, was one of more than 900 American scholars to receive the award. He is a resident of Santa Monica.
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Geoffrey von Oeyen was selected as the first-place winner of the Malibu Optimist Club essay contest, “Boundaries of Freedom.”
The Malibu High School student’s winning essay will be entered in the Pacific Southwest District Optimist competition.
Richard Mollica finished in second place and Claudia Alvarado finished third. The winners read their essays at an Optimist Club meeting Dec. 2 at Pepperdine University.
