Maryanne Parker is the founder and executive director of Manor of Manners, a company that specializes in international business, social, luxury and youth etiquette. She has a decade of experience in helping the interests of luxury brands, businesses and individuals.
Parker created a subculture in the field of etiquette, known as Luxury Etiquette. Her signature program, Royal Tea and Caviar was presented at the most prestigious events in The Bahamas, The Plaza Hotel in NYC, a premier Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, McLaren and Rolls-Royce, Beverly Hills dealers, Oscar winning celebrities, international politicians, members of royal families, and high profile journalists. She is teh author of two very well received books on Business and Social etiquette, called "The Sharpest Soft Skill" and "Posh Overnight".
Poise, elegance, and sophistication were essential to Maryanne’s successful years of corporate experiences.
She studied etiquette and protocol with etiquette schools in London, Brussels and Washington, DC. She was personally mentored by former EU Ambassador to the Holy Sea, Order of Malta and FAO.
She has been featured in Forbes, PEOPLE, WSJ, The Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart, Metropolitan, NYTimes, NBC, CNN, FOX, E!Entertainment...
She teaches her two children and clients to model compassion, grace, and respect.
Her methods are learned quickly by her students giving them confidence, skills, self awareness, and knowledge that with manners the American Dream is still possible for anyone.
In her free time, Maryanne Parker is involved with Professional Women Group of Dress for Success, San Diego, which helps underprivileged women to gain financial independence and self sufficiency in their own journey. Here she inspires other women with the message that you don’t need money to have class and share etiquette tips for success.
Parker speaks often on the topic of etiquette and she spoke recently at Carnegie Hall, sharing the stage as a keynote speaker with the Lifestyle Queen Martha Stewart, Harvard Club of Boston and NASDAQ in entrepreneurial conferences held at these venues.