Accolades

2012 Private Service Professional of the year

Congratulations to Mr. Schmidt! To learn more about Richmond L. Schmidt, Estate Manager & DEMA South Florida Chapter President review this article in the Palm Beach Daily News. This award goes to the Private Service individual who has set him or herself apart as an exceptional DEMA member. Laudable professional skills, past and ongoing training and efforts in mentoring others have highlighted the recipient’s life. Leadership on a local level and support of DEMA National work in tandem to make this person an asset for the industry. The recipient strives for professionalism in all areas of his or her life and has set an example of devoted service to others – professionally and privately.

2011 Servant Leader in Private Service

I'm pleased to offer Richmond Schmidt, a Private Service professional working in Florida, a one-year paid membership in the Green leaf Center for Servant Leadership. Richmond was nominated by colleagues as volunteering significant time and interest in the development of others. Through his initial passion for service, Richmond has evolved into an authentic leader in which those around him respect. As Robert Greenleaf wrote in his original essay, The Servant as Leader: "It beings with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first…

The Domestic Estate Managers Association-January 2011, Newsletter Private Service Professional Spotlight featuring Richmond Schmidt

How did you get started in Industry?

I got started in the industry by being a little disgruntled with the organization in my mother's kitchen when I was eight years old. From that time on I have been trying to bring order and organization into other people's homes. If everyone spent more time polishing silver, steaming bespoke clothing, laying tables for guests and anticipating the needs of others, the world would not only be a little "shinier" but safer and friendlier as well. That goes for eight-year-old butler-wannabes or world leaders.

Estate manager of year discusses job success By David Rogers - Palm Beach Daily News Staff Writer

Palm Beachers want—and usually get—the best of everything. Apparently, one island household has the best estate manager in the country. On Sept. 29, the Domestic Estate Manager Association honored Palm Beach major-domo Richmond Schmidt with its Private Service Professional of the Year Award. Michael Wright, association vice president, presented the award to Schmidt at a ceremony in Los Angeles. The association has about 1,500 members who work as butlers, estate managers, major-domos, personal assistants and private chefs in America, according to Wright.