Personal chief of staff

Harrowgate Studio · Personal chief of staff · Asheville, NC

Ines Harrowgate runs Harrowgate Studio, a three-person architecture practice in Asheville, and uses this to tell her assistants who she is once and to hand them the errands that pile up between site visits.

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Handed-off Tasks

Inbox6

Reply to the clinic director about the waiting-room glazingWorkDorian Achebe-Fry

Compare two quotes for the studio's new plotterMoneyPhilippa Thornquist

Book a physical with the family doctorHealthRafferty Harrowgate

Draft the interview questions for the project architect roleWorkTobiah Quell

Find a summer music camp for SaoirseFamilySaoirse Harrowgate

1 more

Delegated6

Find three project architect candidates on the AIA job boardWorkTobiah Quell

Renew the studio's professional liability insuranceMoneyLeopoldine Vance

Plan Rafferty's birthday dinner for SaturdayFamilyRafferty Harrowgate

Pull last quarter's project hours for the accountantMoneyPhilippa Thornquist

Book flights to the healthcare design conferenceWorkTobiah Quell

1 more

Waiting on someone4

Schedule the Weaverville site walk with the contractorWorkCasimir Pell

Book cello lesson make-up after the school holidayFamilySaoirse Harrowgate

Arrange the library's materials sample deliveryWorkMarguerite Solberg

Sort the quarterly estimated tax paymentMoneyLeopoldine Vance

Done6

Book a permit pre-review meeting with the countyWorkDorian Achebe-Fry

Send revised floor plan PDFs to the library boardWorkMarguerite Solberg

Order the large-format printer tonerWorkTobiah Quell

Move the library board review from 8am to 10amWorkMarguerite Solberg

Find a vegetarian lunch spot near the Weaverville siteWorkCasimir Pell

1 more

Dropped2

Collect the signed clinic contract amendmentWorkDorian Achebe-Fry

Renew the studio's AutoCAD licenceMoneyPhilippa Thornquist

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Handed-off Tasks

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Everything Ines hands to her assistants, who it is for, when it is due and where it stands.

Task	Area	For or with	Status	Priority	Due	Minutes it takes
Book a permit pre-review meeting with the county	Work	Dorian Achebe-Fry	Done	High	Oct 6, 2026	30
Send revised floor plan PDFs to the library board	Work	Marguerite Solberg	Done	Normal	Oct 8, 2026	20
Renew the studio's AutoCAD licence	Money	Philippa Thornquist	Dropped	Low	Oct 9, 2026	10
Cancel the unused drafting software seat	Money	Philippa Thornquist	Done	Low	Oct 10, 2026	10
Order the large-format printer toner	Work	Tobiah Quell	Done	Low	Oct 12, 2026	10
Collect the signed clinic contract amendment	Work	Dorian Achebe-Fry	Dropped	Normal	Oct 13, 2026	15
Move the library board review from 8am to 10am	Work	Marguerite Solberg	Done	Normal	Oct 14, 2026	10
Find a vegetarian lunch spot near the Weaverville site	Work	Casimir Pell	Done	Low	Oct 15, 2026	10
Reply to the clinic director about the waiting-room glazing	Work	Dorian Achebe-Fry	Inbox	High	Oct 19, 2026	20
Schedule the Weaverville site walk with the contractor	Work	Casimir Pell	Waiting on someone	High	Oct 20, 2026	25
Find three project architect candidates on the AIA job board	Work	Tobiah Quell	Delegated	High	Oct 22, 2026	90
Plan Rafferty's birthday dinner for Saturday	Family	Rafferty Harrowgate	Delegated	Normal	Oct 23, 2026	40

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Key People

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The people Ines's assistants need to know: family, studio, clients and contractors.

Name	Relationship	Phone
Leopoldine Vance	Advisor	(828) 555-0138
Dorian Achebe-Fry	Client	(828) 555-0135
Marguerite Solberg	Client	(828) 555-0136
Casimir Pell	Contractor	(828) 555-0137
Rafferty Harrowgate	Family	(828) 555-0131
Saoirse Harrowgate	Family	(828) 555-0132
Tobiah Quell	Studio team	(828) 555-0133
Philippa Thornquist	Studio team	(828) 555-0134

About Me

1 sample rows · 8 columns

Who Ines is, how she works and what matters to her right now, in one record.

Full name	Goes by	Role	Where and when
Ines Harrowgate	Ines	Principal architect of Harrowgate Studio, a three-person practice designing small clinics and libraries	Asheville, North Carolina — Eastern Time; studio hours 8:30am–5:30pm, site visits Tuesdays and Thursdays

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Weekly client report summary	Live	—
Blog meta descriptions	Live	—
Social caption variants	Live	—
Brief-to-outline drafter	Live	—

Slow start, strong finish	—	Good
Rain all day	—	Okay
Call with Mum	—	Great
Too many meetings	—	Low

Conference registration, FinOps Summit	EXP-26-301	Training
Client dinner, Harbor Mutual renewal	EXP-26-302	Events
Standing desks for the support pod	EXP-26-303	Equipment
Annual design software seats	EXP-26-304	Software

Export reports to spreadsheet files	High	34
Single sign-on with company accounts	Critical	51
Dark mode for the mobile app	Low	12
Split an invoice across two payers	Medium	9

Save a deposit for a first home	Money	—
Complete a professional certificate in data analysis	Career	—
Run three times a week for six months	Health	—
Read twenty-four books	Personal	—

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