Bill Heyman

Bill is the co-founder of FHS Capital Partners, an investment firm focusing on early-stage professional service and technology businesses that deliver high-value niche expertise to chief communications and chief marketing officers.
With his diverse network and passion for the work of executive search, Bill sets the example for Heyman Associates in building top-performing communications teams: listen to the client, get to know their unique culture and the appropriate chemistry with senior executives and deliver candidates with the right mix of both hard communications skills and intangible qualities.
In February 2021, the fifth annual Arthur W.
Page Center Awards will honor Bill, along with Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID director; Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of PBS Newshour; and Eugene Robinson, Washington Post columnist and editor.
They will receive the Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication.
The award is a recognition of long careers ethically and responsibly communicating with the public.
In collaboration with The Plank Center, Bill and Heyman Associates initiated four groundbreaking studies in public relations.
Most recently, the fourth bi-annual installment of the Leadership Report Card, included data from over 800 senior communicators, and focused on rating their organizations’ employee engagement and empowerment.
He also served for many years as co-chair of The Plank Center’s annual Milestones in Mentoring awards dinner.
At the early onset of the global 2020 pandemic, Bill, along with social impact expert, Jane Randel, co-founded The CONVERSATION, a weekly zoom program for senior communications executives.
The programming is dedicated to relevant critical issues of the day and has been widely and positively received.
Bill is a graduate of Gettysburg College, where he sits on the Board of Trustees.
Bill earned his MBA from Adelphi University.