American Freedom Benefits/Deanne Stegeman

Deanne is strongly tied to the communities in Southwestern Illinois where she has lived since 1982. An Illinois native, she completed her Bachelor of Business in Accounting at Western Illinois University and her MBA at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale. Since 1983, Deanne has been employed in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area in various capacities, with several companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Monsanto and Anheuser-Busch. Deanne’s move into the field of insurance and financial services was due in large part to her desire to help people. Deanne has been married to her husband Rick since 1982, and they have two children, Andrea and Karl. She enjoys music, going to plays/movies/museum exhibits, travel (U.S. and foreign countries), and gardening. She and Rick met while they were both members of their high school orchestra.