DeMauriac helps women with finances after divorce or loss

Marigny deMauriac is the founder of deMAURIAC and a 2026 Financial Planning Rising Star. Her practice serves women who face financial strain after life changes such as divorce or the death of a partner. She combines financial planning with training in mental health counseling and offers virtual services to clients across the United States.

DeMauriac earned a master’s degree in counseling and worked as a mental health counselor in New Orleans, providing in-home care for clients dealing with issues including domestic violence. She recalled hearing the same concern across socioeconomic and racial lines: “Finance was a stressor.”

Facing long hours and limited retirement prospects while supporting aging parents, deMauriac began investing for herself, interviewed professionals in finance, worked at Edward Jones and later launched deMAURIAC.

Her practice concentrates on women at transition points. Clients commonly seek help with household budgets, division of debt, retirement planning and launching new careers or businesses. The firm provides fee-based planning and pro bono mentoring and business coaching.

DeMauriac volunteers with programs at Vanderbilt University’s Women in Business and Loyola University’s entrepreneurship initiatives to mentor aspiring women entrepreneurs.

The firm adopted a virtual telewealth model during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling deMauriac to serve clients nationwide while continuing volunteer work across the Gulf South.

Ragini Nayar, a paraplanner extern who worked with deMauriac, described the firm’s thesis that women’s economic mobility is an underserved market and a civil rights issue, and noted efforts to scale nationally while directing capital to women founders.

DeMauriac recalled her mother’s experience in the 1990s, when a woman could not take out a business loan without a male co-signer yet could be held responsible for shared debt after divorce. “My mom couldn’t take out a business loan, and now I’m running a finance firm,” she recalled.

Recognized as a 2026 Financial Planning Rising Star, deMauriac continues to focus on practical financial planning tied to life transitions, combining paid services with volunteer work aimed at improving financial stability and business opportunities for women.