Coursey & Company

Mary Brennan Coursey and Chuck Coursey are the principals of Coursey & Company, one of Connecticut’s premier public affairs communications firm founded in 1991.

Together, they have specialized in developing winning communications strategies, grassroots campaigns and effective media outreach strategies to reach and move elected officials, policy makers, stakeholders and the public. 


Mary Brennan Coursey

Mary is member of the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Hartford, a past Co-Chair of the Komen Connecticut Race for the Cure and past Co-Chair of Riverfront Recapture’s annual fundraising gala, “THE BIG MO.”

She is the Founding Board Chair of The Connecticut Family Theater, a past Board Member of the Hartford Business Improvement District and past Corporator for the Hartford Public Library and Hartford Hospital.

Chuck Coursey

Chuck served three terms on the West Hartford Town Council from 2003 – 2009, serving as the town’s Deputy Mayor from 2007 – 2009.  He was a leading advocate for the development of Blue Back Square and chaired the Town Council’s project construction oversight committee.

Chuck is a Board Member of Hartford Interval House and a Board Member of the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce where he chairs the Chamber's Economic Development Committee. He is a founding Board Member and Board Member Emeritus of West Hartford’s Playhouse on Park, Chairperson of the West Hartford Commission on the Arts and Past President of the West Hartford Public Library Foundation.

Chuck is a Past President of the College of the Holy Cross Club of Greater Hartford, was chosen to represent West Hartford as the town’s Honoree in Hartford’s 2011 St. Patrick’s Day Parade and was selected Volunteer of the Year by the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce for 2020.