Courtney S. Felts

Courtney S. Felts

• Senior Vice President, Head of Marketing and Messaging Strategy and Managing Director, New Fight for Free Enterprise, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

As senior vice president, head of marketing and messaging strategy, Courtney Felts leads the brand narrative of the world’s largest business organization and oversees its marketing strategy to help drive membership growth and engagement. A strategic adviser to the CEO, she also leads the executive communications and speechwriting team, communicating the Chamber’s impact on behalf of its members and telling the positive story of business in society.  

In addition, Felts serves as managing director of the New Fight for Free Enterprise, the Chamber’s multiyear initiative to defend and advance the principles of free enterprise. She has been instrumental in its conception, development, and execution—guiding strategy, leading strategic communications, overseeing programs and budget, and managing key partner and stakeholder relationships. 

Earlier in her Chamber career, Felts played an integral role in the organization’s first leadership transition in nearly 25 years, serving as principal speechwriter for both the outgoing and incoming CEOs. Through this transition, she ensured a balanced message of honoring the Chamber’s legacy while supporting a new vision and strategy to transform the institution for the future. Before joining the Chamber in 2011, Felts was a press secretary and writer in the United States Senate, serving Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), Roger Wicker (MS), and Pete Domenici (NM). She also worked closely with the Senate Commerce Committee, handling press on transportation and infrastructure, telecommunications, aviation, and space and science. 

Felts became interested in the intersection of writing and politics while serving as an associate at the White House Writers Group, a speechwriting and strategic communications consulting firm based in Washington, DC. 

Felts earned a bachelor’s degree in English at the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in political communication at the Johns Hopkins University. She is a proud native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and currently lives with her family in Raleigh, North Carolina.