Greenough Communications

About the agency

Greenough Communications is a Boston marketing and public relations agency with approximately 25 years of work in technology, healthcare, business services and the climate transition. Led by CEO Nikki Festa O'Brien, it develops communications programs around important business moments such as funding rounds, executive changes, product launches, acquisitions, public offerings and reputational challenges. Its headquarters is on Franklin Street in central Boston.

The agency handles earned-media outreach, integrated marketing, corporate messaging, brand positioning, content development and thought leadership. Its technology teams work with AI, semiconductor, networking and enterprise software companies, while healthcare specialists address treatment, medical-technology and organizational stories. The firm also develops climate and clean-energy communications that connect technical innovations with energy-sector customers and policymakers.

Greenough's case studies include GlobalFoundries' IPO and communications around semiconductor investment, media programs for orthopedic company Anika Therapeutics, and work for Ameresco in energy transition. Other client examples include Wolters Kluwer Health, Acrolinx and Boston Micro Fabrication. Its reputation work is built around explaining technical subjects to national business press, industry journalists and the audiences directly affected by a company's decisions.