Marion joined Castanea Partners in 2004 from Flagship Ventures, an entrepreneurship and venture capital firm, where she was Vice President Marketing Communications.

Prior to Flagship Ventures, Marion was Vice President of Marketing for the Technology & Life Science Division at Imperial Bank (now Comerica Bank). In that position, she was responsible for leading the marketing efforts in the Northeast Region primarily targeting venture capital firms and their portfolio companies.

Her varied experience also includes an extensive career as an artist with teaching positions at Holy Cross College and Wellesley College.

Marion holds an M.F.A. from Tufts University and a diploma from the Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Rotterdam, Holland.

email: mschouten@castaneapartners.com