Welcome to our
Public Affairs Practice
When you want to influence public policy, increase awareness about the good work your company is doing, and get your message in front of the right stakeholders, CTP’s public affairs team brings together strategic communications, crisis communications, and government relations to help your organization drive change.
Meet Corey
Corey Welford leads CTP’s Public Affairs Practice
He works with clients to execute strategic communications, grassroots outreach, and crisis communications as they navigate policy, regulatory, legal, or legislative goals. Before joining CTP, Corey spent years as Chief of Staff for Attorneys General Maura Healey and Martha Coakley, doing the type of work that directly impacted our communities. Now, Corey and the public affairs team help organizations across a range of industries to make an impact, with clients including Uber, DraftKings, Delta Dental, and the Project on Predatory Student Lending out of Harvard Law School. He also has managed communications for political campaigns, including the newly-elected Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins.
Public Affairs Clients
What We've Been Up To
Uber
They are a leader in the constantly changing world of innovation and transportation. CTP has worked to get the word out locally about the many benefits of their product for riders and drivers, and the improvements being made by the company.
NBC Boston
New Uber feature connects you to 911 in an emergency
MassLive/Springfield Republican
Uber Eats Arrives in Springfield
Boston Business Journal
Uber to offer 58 Mass. Communities Free Rides Night Before Thanksgiving
Boston Business Journal
Boston Marathon signs sponsorship deal with Uber
Boston Globe
Uber supports charging more tolls to reduce traffic in Boston
WCVB
MADD, Uber partner to offer free rides on Thanksgiving eve
What We've Been Up To
DraftKings
DraftKings has been busy this year working to ensure that Daily Fantasy Sports is made a permanent fixture in Massachusetts, and announcing plans to expand their office space in Boston. Now they’re getting ready to expand into sports betting following the recent Supreme Court decision.
Boston.com
House votes to make fantasy sports permanently legal
WBUR
Governor’s bill includes provision to enable fantasy sports to continue
What We've Been Up To
The Project on Predatory Student Lending
The Project is on a roll, winning major victories in court to help student borrowers who were cheated by fraudulent for-profit colleges.
USA Today
Student loans: Former Corinthian Colleges students win a reprieve in fight with feds
Washington Post
Students from defunct ITT Tech get a shot at claiming school’s remaining assets
Washington Post
ITT Tech students score victory in bankruptcy settlement
Chicago Sun Times
Delayed Obama for-profit college fraud protection ordered into force
The New York Times
Delayed Obama-Era Rule on Student Debt Relief Is to Take Effect
What We've Been Up To
The Environmental Voter Project
EVP is gearing up for the 2018 midterms, creating an “army of environmental super-voters”.