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Leah Batt is the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a Maine-based community development financial institution with a mission to build just, vibrant and climate-resilient futures for people and communities in Maine and rural regions by integrating finance, business expertise and policy solutions in ways that make the economy work more equitably.

As CEI’s Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, Leah oversees media outreach, public relations, social media & website management and storytelling. They are passionate about the power of stories and positive representation to shape perceptions and motivate change. Their writing has been featured in Impact Entrepreneur, Triple Pundit, Green Money Journal, the Daily Yonder and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s Investing in Rural Prosperity.

Leah joined CEI as the Portland Office Assistant in 2008 and has held several roles across the family organizations, including several roles with CEI’s New Markets Tax Credit subsidiary, CEI Capital Management LLC. They have also run their own small business, Ms. Cleaver Creations, as a freelance crafts pattern designer. Leah is an avid collector of whimsical clothing and accessories, who believes getting dressed in the morning should be fun.

Education

• Willamette University, B.A. in Performance Studies
• University of Southern Maine, HR Certificate

Community Connections

• Girl Scouts of Maine, Troop Leader.