About Us

All of the Maxwell Planning team members have extensive hands-on experience in their fields, which brings great value to the team's work.

Maxwell Planning believes in keeping overhead low while also providing outstanding service to clients. Rather than providing “cookie cutter” services, Maxwell Planning assembles the right team to meet an individual client’s needs.

Marnie Maxwell

Principal | marnie@marniemaxwell.com

Marnie Maxwell has been working with nonprofit organizations and boards throughout the country in the areas of strategic planning, governance, marketing and fund development planning since 2000. She also has been a faculty member of The Fund Raising School, a program of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, since 1990.

Prior to her work as a consultant, she was Vice President for The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions. Her museum experience includes leadership roles in fundraising, marketing, strategic planning and earned income programs.

Marnie’s current volunteer work includes serving as a member of the boards of Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Broadcasting Foundation and the Indianapolis Art Center. She received both a B.A. in journalism and an MBA in marketing from Indiana University and is a BoardSource Certified Governance Consultant.


Find out more about the members of the Maxwell Planning team by visiting their websites:

Kraemer Design and Production | www.kd-p.com

Lilly Family School of Philanthropy | www.philanthropy.iupui.edu

Tricia O’Connor | www.alongthewatersedge.net

Michele Goodrich | www.donorbydesign.com/michele-goodrich