Rose-Marie earned a BFA from Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania She was an investment banker for ten years at Lehman Brothers. Rose- Marie formed her own company, Cornerstone Financial Corporation, successfully doing investment banking for over sixteen years in China.

She immersed herself as a student at Silvermine and credits her success as an increasingly recognized artist to the many Silvermine faculty members with whom she has closely worked. She had her first solo show at the Handwright Gallery in New Canaan and continues to show throughout the area. She is extremely proud to be member of the Guild Rose-Marie and her husband, Bill, are Darien residents who delight in collecting art.