Full Name: Deborah Battit
Title and Organization: Program Officer, Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
SPP Degree and Graduation Year: MPA Fellows, ’24
Deborah Battit will complete a Master of Public Administration (MPA Fellows) degree in May 2024. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English from McGill University, she began her career in service to the public good with a year as a VISTA volunteer. Deb has since spent over 25 years in Connecticut’s nonprofit/philanthropic sector, where she is currently a program officer at the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut.