A Hartford public affairs firm started by former city mayoral aide Matt Hennessy has aligned with several local and national partners, including a former press spokesman for Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
Hennessy was chief of staff to Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez until he left in August to start Tremont Public Advisors. Tremont has offices at 750 Main St. in Hartford and in Washington D.C.
Hennessy, also a former aide to Sen. Joseph Lieberman, said Tremont’s strategic partners will pool their resources to serve businesses and organizations eager to shape public policy in Connecticut.
“Each of the partners has their own clients, but on particular projects they have made a commitment to partner with each other so we can provide a full and comprehensive approach to public advocacy campaigns,” Hennessy told HBJ Today this morning.
Services include polling, media relations, writing, strategic communications, political strategy, predictive analytics, paid media, direct mail and government affairs, he said.
Among the group’s partners is Christopher Cooper, Rell’s former director of communications and spokesman, who also recently started his own company, Coventry-based Cooper Communications.
Other strategic partners include: Gotham Ghostwriters, led by Dan Gerstein, a nationally recognized political writer and communications strategist; JEF Associates, a polling, campaign consulting and grassroots advocacy firm; Knickerbocker, SKD, led by Josh Isay a senior campaign advisor to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former chief of staff to Sen. Chuck Schumer; Murtha Cullina Government Affairs Group; Rapid Insight Inc.; and Capitol Strategies Group.
