Starkey’s Placement Team

Mrs. Mary Louise Starkey
BS in Community Services Development
President and Founder of StarkeyInternational
With a passion for Service, at age 33, Mrs. Starkey took her families entraprenurial heritage and her social work experience and began an upscale housekeeping company. She quickly coined the term “Household Manager” while placing household veterans in 1981; finally bringing forth an International Institute for Service.. Her clients have trusted her integrity and followed her as she has grown the profession. Very early she began writing for the profession, eventually developing Starkey’s patented Starkey Service Management System, Software, and the Original Guide for Household Management the world’s first advanced service management tools for Private Service. Her publication Setting Household Standards was written especially for her Employers. Mrs. Starkey is passionately devoted to changing the outmoded paradigm of “servitude” into “Service as an Expertise,” and to building a Private Service Profession.

Mr. Brian Pastrone
COO in charge of Marketing and Service
Mr. Pastrone comes to Starkey with a 22 year history in corporate sales and marketing, high-end professional recruitment and growing small businesses. In 2002, Mr. Pastrone started the highly successful Decent Help Inc. to fully experience his passion for service.  He designs unique programs to meet sales and marketing goals and more importantly to promote customer loyalty.  Continually striving for excellence and to grow as a professional he also has an expertise in team building through education, motivation and incentives.  As COO of Starkey International, he is balancing our commitment to service as an expertise by directly supporting AdmissionsTeam and Restoring the Art in reaching our service professionals; and supporting our highly successful Placement Team to continue the highest level of service in the placement of our Certified Graduates.  His volunteer hours are spent in support of persons with brain injuries.

Mr. Randolph Estes
AA Degree
Assistant Director Placement and Client Service
Mr. Randolph Estes is a Certified Household Manager and Graduate from Starkey International. Early in his career, Mr. Estes successfully applied the creative and entrentraprenural experiences growing his family’s highly successful businesses. In the early 80’s, Mr. Estes moved to Washington, DC and began working at the White House as a part of President Reagan’s Administration in the Office of Presidential Personnel and later in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. Currently, Mr. Estes adds his extensive experience and knowledge of people in working specifically with the high-net worth Employer to understand their unique Household Management Service needs and in positioning Graduates in their perfect client match positions.

Ms. Tirzah Sandt
Placement Coordinator
Ms. Sandt wants to change the world by “making a difference” within each life, one day at a time. She thrives on symmetry, logic, structure, and exceptional preparation with vibrant and articulate communication. With parents and grandparents who have owned a private school for over twenty years, Ms. Sandt brings seven years of private education knowledge and ethical standards that are greatly valued. She thrives at being fast-paced with a no-nonsense directness that works quite well in identifying what is important within Graduate’s profiles.