Roxane Battle
Keynote Speaker, Author, Emcee, Trainer
A media and mental health expert, Roxane Battle, has spent her entire career telling stories to help audiences find joy.
With 20+ years’ experience as an Emmy-nominated and award-winning news anchor, reporter, and host for NBC-Minneapolis, CBS, and FOX, Roxane covered stories big and small, including dancing on stage with Prince and interviewing Sara Ferguson, the Duchess of York.
As an executive inside Fortune 5 UnitedHealth Group’s behavioral health division, Roxane reached 4 million subscribers as host of “Checking in with Roxane Battle” and appeared with TikTok wellness influencer Marcus ‘Garden Marcus’ Bridgewater and 6-time gold medal Olympian Aly Raisman. She has given wellness talks for UnitedHealth Group, Optum, Apple, Wells Fargo, Essence Festival of Culture, The Society of Human Resource Managers, Thomson Reuters, and the University of Minnesota.
Her books, Pockets of Joy, Deciding to Be Happy: Choosing to Be Free, and the Pockets of Joy Journal, became Amazon’s #1 best sellers. Pockets of Joy, an award-winning Book of the Year, shares Roxane’s personal experience with depression and anxiety and her ultimate journey towards joy.
Popular Programs
- Exhausted to Energized: Let’s Beat Burnout, Find Belonging, and Pockets of Joy Together!
- Communicate Like a Superhero: Words to Say on Our Way to Feeling Better and Finding Joy
- Lesson from the Monarch: Finding Pockets of Joy in Changing Times
Professional Summary
Roxane earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and her master’s from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She also studied psychology through Harvard’s Extension School of Continuing Education and, in 2023, completed a certification in Emotional Agility in the Workplace.
She’s been named an Architect of Change on mariashirver.com and featured on the cover of Working Mother magazine. In addition to three Midwest Regional Emmy nominations, she has won four national Telly Awards.
Roxane serves as an advisor for the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Women’s Board and volunteers as a workstream committee member for the Minneapolis Downtown Council.
She owns a pair of roller skates and has bookmarked way too many recipes on social media.
"Our audience was over the moon with Roxane’s presentation. She set the mood for what turned in to a highly energetic, engaging, enthusiastic and enjoyable event. The rest of the day and into the next day were the best times I've had working for DEED in my entire career here. I actually woke up an hour earlier this morning because I was still feeling all the positive energy from the past two days!"
Areas of Expertise
- Adversity
- Change Management
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Company Culture
- Confidence
- Conflict Resolution
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion
- Emotional Intelligence
- Gratitude
- Health and Wellness
- Leadership
- Life/work Balance
- Midwest Speakers
- Mindset
- Minnesota Speakers
- Motivation and Inspiration
- Personal Branding
- Relationships
- Resilience
- Stress Management
- Team Building
- Women in Business
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