Leah Batt is the Director of Marketing & 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 Director of Marketing & Communications, Leah Thibault oversees media outreach, public relations, social media & website management and storytelling. She is passionate about the power of stories and positive representation to shape perceptions and motivate change. Her writing has been featured in 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 most recently as Marketing Manager at CEI and Director of Executive Administration and Special Projects for CEI Capital Management LLC. Since 2010, she has run her own small business as a freelance crafts pattern designer. Leah volunteers extensively with Girl Scouts of Maine and serves as a regional Service Unit Manager, supporting over 30 troops in Southern Maine.
She received her B.A. in Performance Studies from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and holds an HR certification from the University of Southern Maine. Leah is an avid collector of whimsical clothing and accessories, art from indie makers and children’s picture books.