Bill Heyman is the co-founder of FHS Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on early-stage professional services and technology businesses that deliver high-value niche expertise to chief communications and chief marketing officers. He is also the founder of Heyman Associates, a leading global executive search firm. With a hands-on approach and a broad network, Bill champions executive search as a strategic driver of a company’s growth and culture. 

Bill has been recognized as a leading recruiter, named to PR Week’s PR Power List Supporting Power Player three times. PR Week described him as someone who connects some of the most senior professionals to opportunities, making him an indispensable asset to executive searches. In 2017, he was inducted into the PR Week Hall of Fame. In 2021, he received the Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication at the Arthur W. Page Center Awards, alongside figures such as Dr. Anthony Fauci and Judy Woodruff, in acknowledgment of long careers dedicated to ethical and responsible public communication.

Throughout his career, Bill has actively contributed to the public relations and communications communities. He has served on numerous industry committees, and in 2024 he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Arthur W. Page Society for strengthening the profession’s role in public relations. He was a founding member of the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at the University of Alabama and has held senior advisory roles at institutions including the College of Charleston’s Department of Communications, the LAGRANT Foundation, and the Institute for Public Relations. In collaboration with The Plank Center, Bill and Heyman Associates have initiated four major studies in public relations, including a leadership-focused Leadership Report Card that surveyed hundreds of senior communicators about employee engagement and empowerment. He also served for many years as co-chair of The Plank Center’s Milestones in Mentoring awards dinner.

In response to the global pandemic in 2020, Bill co-founded The CONVERSATION with social impact expert Jane Randel, a weekly Zoom program for senior communications executives that addresses timely, critical issues.

Bill is a Gettysburg College alumnus, where he serves on the Board of Trustees, and he earned his MBA from Adelphi University. He sits on the Eisenhower Institute National Advisory Council and recently became a Trustee of the Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club. He resides in Locust Valley, NY, with his wife Doreen and their two daughters, Alison and Corey.