Meet Our Contributors

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

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

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

Robert Corbito

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

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

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

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 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.

Samantha Hochman

Samantha Hochman is the Media & Public Relations Coordinator for transFORM, which has provided custom-storage solutions since 2005 in New Rochelle, New York.

Hochman is a regular contributor to the Experts Contributor Program.

Samantha Velez

Samantha is a professional editor from Denver, Colorado. She holds an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Arizona State University and a Master’s in English from the University of Wyoming. She uses her expertise in digital publishing to spread knowledge about all things home.

Sara Coleman

Sara is a full-time writer with work appearing in BobVila, JoyWallet, and Wayfair. Prior to writing, she worked in the appliance industry for over 10 years as a sales representative for a major national manufacturer. She’s passionate about making a house a home through both big and small details and even on a shoestring budget.

Sarah Coggan

A lifelong lover of the written word, Sarah Coggan is a freelance writer and author.