2024 MPA Fellows Academic Excellence Awardee: Deborah Battit

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Deborah Battit, MPA Fellows ’24

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.