Marnie Deschaine

As assistant to Gifting Guru, Jim Maher, Marnie serves as the Gifting Liaison for the Gifting Insider team. She has been serving families and businesses for more than 30 years with all types of planning. Marnie brings to the team her experience of having been a business owner, a surviving spouse of a business owner and head of household to her family.

She is passionate about helping families find solutions that bring them more time, more money and less stress so they can enjoy more life.

Marnie enjoys any opportunity to be of service to nonprofits and to help give others a boost. She has worked most recently with Project Compassion, NFP and STAGES St. Louis to give back to the community in ways that have made a big difference to her own family.

Marnie studied Economics and Accounting at St. Louis Community College and Southwestern Illinois College. A student of yoga and life, Marnie lives in Belleville, IL, with her two musical daughters and lovable dogs and cat.