in Bethesda, Maryland and Rockville, Maryland. In 1996 being alarmed by the spike in youth violence in the District of Columbia and determining that violence was primarily a job issue, that involved a large number of youth who were illiterate and therefore unemployable, rather than a crime issue, Starke founded a not-for profit job training facility he named the Excel Institute. The Institute was designed as a two-year adult education program for at risk youth above the age of 16 that provides basic education, life skills counseling and autotech vocational training. Two basic tenets of the Institute were that (1) anyone above the age of sixteen who wanted to attend was admitted and (2) all students were on full scholarship - i.e., nobody had to pay. In October 2010, after graduating over 500 students, Starke retired from management and the Board of the Excel Institute. After retirement from the Institute, Starke founded Starke Communications, a communications firm that provides communications, PR and marketing services to corporate clients. Starke Communications also provides motivational speakers for its clients. Personal George Starke lives with his wife Petra Smeltzer Starke in Beverly Hills, California. Petra Starke, who grew up in Prague as Czech national, graduated from Georgetown University Law Center cum laude and used to practice law in Washington, D.C., including in the Obama White House. She is currently the founder and Chief Idealist of SweatNGlow, a chain of the largest and fastest-growing hot yoga studio network worldwide. They share their residence with son George Lawrence Starke, IV and the family dog Coconut. References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20060103154427/http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/feb00/feb00_feature_starke.html - A 2000 Columbia College article about Starke. https://web.archive.org/web/20060324100207/http://www.redskins.com/team/bios/starke_george.htm - Redskins.com biography of Starke. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A44371-2004Jun15?language=printer http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45442-2004Jul12?language=printer http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39776-2004Jul9.html 1948 births Living people American football offensive linemen Columbia Lions football players National Football League announcers Washington Redskins players Sportspeople from New Rochelle, New York Columbia College (New York) alumni American Mohawk people New Rochelle High School alumni