Meet Our Contributors

  • Perri Ormont Blumberg

    Perri Ormont Blumberg

    Perri is a freelance writer and editor who has written extensively on interior design, home improvement, and real estate. She is a lifelong Manhattanite, meaning she’s an expert on making the most of small spaces.

  • Rachel Hamende

    Rachel Hamende

    Rachel Hamende is an Indianapolis-based content creator and designer. She has been working and learning at Angi since 2014. Rachel loves old houses, gardening and exploring the outdoors.

  • Rachel Hoffman portrait

    Rachel Hoffman

    Rachel is a freelance writer and editor dedicated to helping people clean up their messes, get organized, and learn to love their homes again. Her work has appeared in Elle, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Apartment Therapy, Lifehacker, and NBC News.

  • Portrait of Rachel Presser

    Rachel Presser

    Rachel Presser is an experienced writer teaching homeowners how to navigate HOAs, home insurance, and local laws when taking on home improvement projects. She holds both a bachelors and master's in accounting and can explain the income tax impacts of homeowner transactions. Her work can be found in other publications like Home Stratosphere and LA Digs.

  • Rachel Zepernick

    Rachel Zepernick, Home Interior Expert at Angi

    Rachel Zepernick is an Home Interior Expert, specializing in painting, flooring, countertops and tiling.

  • Rebekah Dempsey

    Rebekah Dempsey

    Rebekah Dempsey is creative director at A Blissful Nest and a regular contributor to the Blogger Program .

  • Rene Bennett

    René Bennett

    René Bennett is a devoted writer of online content with a diverse background that spans topics from improving personal savings to improving living rooms.  With two years of experience writing for Bankrate, he developed expertise in saving and budgeting. He draws from that knowledge to offer practical breakdowns of home project costs and budget-friendly solutions for enriching homes. 

  • Ric Sykes

    Ric Sykes

    Ric Sykes represents Go Pavers, a family-owned and operated paving contractor in Valley Village, California. Sykes is a regular contributor to the Experts Contributor Program.

  • Rick Castro

    Rick Castro

    Rick Castro is a certified arborist and the district manager of The Davey Tree Expert Company's southeast Seattle office.

  • Rick Thomas

    Rick Thomas

    Rick Thomas represents Thomas Custom Builders , a remodeling company serving northern Virginia. He's a regular contributor to the Experts Contributor Program .

  • Rick Vespa

    Rick Vespa

    Rick Vespa is president of English Gardens Landscape Company in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

  • Robert Corbito

    Robert Corbito

    Robert Corbito is a graphic designer/content creator who has been at Angi since 2015. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in visual communications design from Purdue University. Robert enjoys puns, playing board games and hiking.

  • Robert Tschudi

    Robert Tschudi

    Robert Tschudi has 16 years of experience in general contracting, home building and home remodeling. He and his wife currently co-own a remodeling business that they started in 2004.

  • Rochel Maday

    Rochel Maday

    Rochel Maday Rochel Maday is a freelance content creator and strategist living in northern Illinois with her husband and their four children. As a work-from-home writer, a homeschooling mom, and the owner of a home built in the 70s, she's experienced in DIY and professional approaches to making an older home safe and supportive for a homebased family lifestyle. When not working or schooling, Rochel enjoys taking her terrible-on-a-leash dog for walks to the beach and watching documentaries (the later at night, the better).

  • Roxanne Kwiecinski

    Roxanne Kwiecinski

    Roxanne Kwiecinski is a DIY and home decor blogger at The Honeycomb Home and a regular contributor to the Blogger Program .

  • Russell Arsenault

    Russell Arsenault

    Russell Arsenault is president of the highly rated Aire Serv of Central Rhode Island, providing HVAC services in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for 20 years. He is a contributor to the Experts Contributor Program.

  • Ryan Noonan

    Ryan Noonan

    Ryan is a content editor and SEO professional for Angi. He has also written and edited content for Bankrate and CreditCards.com, where he used his experience and knowledge of personal finance to help readers understand and achieve financial milestones.

  • Safewise

    Safewise

    Safewise is on a mission to help make your home and community safer.

  • Portrait of Salvatore Cutrona

    Salvatore Cutrona

    Salvatore Cutrona has been working in the electrical field for 29 years, from a large 27 building commercial complex to small residential electrical remodel projects. His common residential jobs include performing service upgrades, new lighting installation, trouble-shooting, electrical kitchen remodels, HVAC control work, home back-up generator system installation and landscape lighting.

  • Samantha Hawrylack

    Samantha Hawrylack

    Samantha is a full-time personal finance and real estate writer with 7 years of experience covering real estate and home renovation topics. She has publications on popular sites, including Rocket Mortgage, Quicken Loans, and Bigger Pockets.