Mrs. Battles is a seasoned professional that communicates the company’s strategies and developments.  She leads Pitney Bowes company’s global diversity and inclusion strategy, financial communications, corporate thought leadership, and crisis communications.  Pitney Bowes has recognized her exceptional contributions with several awards, including the company’s highest employee honor – the Walter H. Wheeler, Jr. Award.  She is a three-time winner of the Pitney Bowes One Standard Excellence Award for outstanding team accomplishments.

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She has received numerous professional and community honors including: 2017 Most Powerful & Influential Woman Award Tri-State Diversity Council; Diversity Global Magazine’s 2017 Influential Woman in Global Diversity.

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Mrs. Battles is very active in her community.  She serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committees of the Stamford Center for the Arts and the Stamford Partnership.  She is a member and Co-Chair of the Arthur W. Page Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and President of the Fairfield County (CT) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.  Mrs. Battles is a member of: The Chief Diversity Officers Board of i4cp; Public Relations Society of America; ColorComm; the Stamford-Norwalk Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.; the Fairfield County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated; the Stanford University Alumni Association; and, the Stanford University National Black Alumni Association. 

 

She is married to Curt Battles, Chief Advisor of New Canaan Advisors and one daughter Kendall Battles.  The family attends the First Presbyterian Church of Stamford where she has served as Elders. 

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Mrs. Battles is a National Achievement Scholar that graduated from Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA with a degree in Human Biology.