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Jill Egel Batchelder (Boston)
A 10-year veteran of technology communications, Batchelder specializes in developing and executing C-level corporate visibility programs. She joined Page One PR from the international conference organization firm IBC Conferences, where she was the producer of the Life Sciences series of events. Prior to IBC she ran the speaker's bureau at Brodeur Worldwide for IBM's Software Group. She created and led strategic speaker plans for 40 senior IBM executives, including former CEO Lou Gerstner and current CEO Sam Palmisano. She also worked as an account executive at a Boston PR agency on the Forrester, GTE, IDG and Thinking Machines accounts, among others. Batchelder holds a BA in journalism from the University of Hartford.