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He serves on several Boards and is the recipient of numerous industry awards for excellence and leadership in the communications field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615cc3051aaeb219b8af1b13/03bb6156-a712-4109-ac09-8438f870d8e4/fhs-capital-partners-investment-WilliamHeyman_1.jpg About - Bill Heyman Bill Heyman is a founding partner at FHS Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on early-stage professional service and technology businesses that deliver high-value niche expertise to chief communications and chief marketing officers. Bill is also the founder of Heyman Associates, an executive search firm that specializes in corporate communications and public affairs. Bill founded Heyman Associates in 1989 and has built it into a global organization. With more than a little help from an extraordinarily talented team, Heyman Associates has completed thousands of senior level searches. Bill has won a variety of industry awards including being inducted into The PR Week Hall of Fame. He has served as a founding advisor of The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, as well as a number of other notable organizations. Currently, among his volunteer activities, Bill serves on the Board of Trustees at Gettysburg College, his alma mater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615cc3051aaeb219b8af1b13/e55f9b19-aeec-4663-9996-524c90e07c8b/fhs-capital-partners-investment-DonSpetner_2.jpg About - Don Spetner Don Spetner is a founding partner at FHS Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on early-stage professional service and technology businesses that deliver high-value niche expertise to chief communications and chief marketing officers. Spetner is also a Senior Corporate Advisor for Weber Shandwick Worldwide. Don has the unique experience of having served as a Chief Communications Officer for three global, publicly traded companies, while also having recruited and placed CCO’s and CMO’s for major organizations. Don advises on a range of issues, including structuring of the communications and marketing function, identifying and developing talent, and employing best-in-class practices for leading a world-class department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615cc3051aaeb219b8af1b13/99ba4634-7c10-4374-843c-5fe2431ac3e0/fhs-capital-partners-investment-DavidKyne_2.jpg About - David Kyne David Kyne is a partner at FHS Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on early-stage professional service and technology businesses that deliver high-value niche expertise to chief communications and chief marketing officers. David is a healthcare communications specialist and founder of the KYNE communications agency. 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She has successfully led high-performing communications, public affairs, branding and marketing organizations at Pfizer, Abbott, AbbVie, and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA). Her achievements have earned her numerous honors, including Marketer of the Year (PM360), Top Women in Retail (Mass Market Retail), Top Women in PR (PRNews), and Top 30 Health Influencers (PRWeek). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615cc3051aaeb219b8af1b13/c654c71c-e6b2-4d1d-90be-4328eb04679c/fhs-capital-partners-investment-DaveSamson_1.jpg About - Dave Samson Dave is a partner at FHS Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on early-stage professional service and technology businesses that deliver high-value niche expertise to chief communications and chief marketing officers. Dave Samson is a globally recognized communicator who has held leadership roles at some of the world’s most notable companies, including Chevron, Levi Strauss & Co., IBM, Oracle and Edelman. Over the course of his career, Dave has managed complex communications on range of highly sensitive issues and international policy matters. Communications teams under his leadership have set industry benchmarks in the design and execution of global integrated communications and advocacy campaigns. https://www.fhscapitalpartners.com/bob-feldman daily 0.75 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615cc3051aaeb219b8af1b13/80e1af95-8e89-4dea-9d6b-c8a09855738b/fhs-capital-partners-investment-BobFeldman_3.jpg Bob Feldman Bob 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. Bob is also the founder of The Dialogue Project, a global initiative that explores what role business can play to reduce polarization and improve civil discourse in our society. The program, founded by Bob in 2019, is now housed at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. The program is sponsored by such companies as Pfizer, Cox Enterprises, General Motors, Chick-fil-A, Allstate, Southwest Airlines and Walmart Finally, Bob is also the founder of Feldman + Partners, a purpose-driven strategy and investment firm that encompasses the above two initiatives, as well as a variety of social impact activities in support of exceptional organizations such as Seeds of Peace, Global Health Corps, USC Shoah Foundation and MyVote project. Bob is the former vice chair of ICF Next, a global marketing, communications and technology firm. Bob was the principal architect of the creation of that company, as he led the integration of more than a dozen ICF owned companies into this new entity. Bob had joined ICF upon the sale of PulsePoint Group, the communications management consulting firm he founded in 2007 and sold in 2013. 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In 2018, Bob received the prestigious Plank Center “Milestone in Mentoring Award” for a career that prioritized mentoring and “touched the lives of countless public relations professionals.” In 2019 he received the Page Society’s “Distinguished Service Award,” granted annually to the professional who has “strengthened the role of public relations in business and society” and advanced the state of the corporate communications practice. https://www.fhscapitalpartners.com/bill-heyman daily 0.75 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615cc3051aaeb219b8af1b13/cadbe540-c5b5-44e6-96ce-9fd6a0d17739/fhs-capital-partners-investment-WilliamHeyman_1.jpg Bill Heyman - William C. Heyman Co-Founder, FHS Capital Partners 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. Bill is the only recruiter to be named PR Power List Supporting Power Player three times by PR Week, which said, “In an industry where talent is everything, Heyman helps connect some of the most senior pros to jobs, making him an indispensable asset to all those involved in executive searches.” In 2017 Bill was inducted into the PR Week Hall of Fame. 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. Throughout his career, Bill has been actively involved in many professional organizations. He serves on committees for The Seminar, the Arthur W. Page Society and is a founding board member of The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at the University of Alabama. Bill formerly served as an Executive Advisor to the Department of Communication of the College of Charleston as well as having sat on the board of the LAGRANT Foundation and the Institute for Public Relations. 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. His greatest pride is his family—his wife Doreen and his two adult daughters, Alison and Corey. 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From 2000 through 2012, Don held the role of EVP, Corporate Affairs for Korn/Ferry Int’l (NYSE:KFY) where he served as the Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Integration Officer, and as a Senior Partner in the Corporate Affairs executive search practice. He also served as Korn/Ferry’s head of R&D, where he oversaw a team of clinical and organizational psychologists focused on the science behind executive success and derailment, high performing teams, and the assessment of senior level talent. Don has recruited and placed Chief Communications Officers for numerous global brands, including Chevron, Yahoo!, Genentech, eBay, Microsoft and The Los Angeles Dodgers, among others. Prior to Korn/Ferry, Don was Vice President, Communications and Advertising and a corporate officer for SunAmerica Inc., (NYSE:SAI) a $56 billion (assets) financial services company that was acquired by AIG in 1999. At SunAmerica he oversaw media relations, internal communications, advertising and corporate social responsibility, and reported directly to the Chairman and CEO, Eli Broad. Prior to SunAmerica, Don was Vice President, Corporate Communications for Nissan North America, (NSANY) overseeing corporate branding, public relations, community relations, crisis management and all other communications activities for the automotive giant. At Nissan, he served as a member of the North American Management and Operating Committees. Don began his career in New York, working for three global advertising and public relations agencies, RuderFinn, Bozell Inc. and Grey Advertising and serving a variety of blue-chip clients including Panasonic, Hitachi, Minolta, Seagram’s and Nissan. He is past Chairman of the Board of Overseers for Emerson College, and a member of the Board of Directors of the USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations, and the Saban Community Clinic in Los Angeles. 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From 2000 through 2012, Don held the role of EVP, Corporate Affairs for Korn/Ferry Int’l (NYSE:KFY) where he served as the Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Integration Officer, and as a Senior Partner in the Corporate Affairs executive search practice. He also served as Korn/Ferry’s head of R&D, where he oversaw a team of clinical and organizational psychologists focused on the science behind executive success and derailment, high performing teams, and the assessment of senior level talent. Don has recruited and placed Chief Communications Officers for numerous global brands, including Chevron, Yahoo!, Genentech, eBay, Microsoft and The Los Angeles Dodgers, among others. Prior to Korn/Ferry, Don was Vice President, Communications and Advertising and a corporate officer for SunAmerica Inc., (NYSE:SAI) a $56 billion (assets) financial services company that was acquired by AIG in 1999. At SunAmerica he oversaw media relations, internal communications, advertising and corporate social responsibility, and reported directly to the Chairman and CEO, Eli Broad. Prior to SunAmerica, Don was Vice President, Corporate Communications for Nissan North America, (NSANY) overseeing corporate branding, public relations, community relations, crisis management and all other communications activities for the automotive giant. At Nissan, he served as a member of the North American Management and Operating Committees. Don began his career in New York, working for three global advertising and public relations agencies, RuderFinn, Bozell Inc. and Grey Advertising and serving a variety of blue-chip clients including Panasonic, Hitachi, Minolta, Seagram’s and Nissan. He is past Chairman of the Board of Overseers for Emerson College, and a member of the Board of Directors of the USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations, and the Saban Community Clinic in Los Angeles. 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From 2000 through 2012, Don held the role of EVP, Corporate Affairs for Korn/Ferry Int’l (NYSE:KFY) where he served as the Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Integration Officer, and as a Senior Partner in the Corporate Affairs executive search practice. He also served as Korn/Ferry’s head of R&D, where he oversaw a team of clinical and organizational psychologists focused on the science behind executive success and derailment, high performing teams, and the assessment of senior level talent. Don has recruited and placed Chief Communications Officers for numerous global brands, including Chevron, Yahoo!, Genentech, eBay, Microsoft and The Los Angeles Dodgers, among others. Prior to Korn/Ferry, Don was Vice President, Communications and Advertising and a corporate officer for SunAmerica Inc., (NYSE:SAI) a $56 billion (assets) financial services company that was acquired by AIG in 1999. At SunAmerica he oversaw media relations, internal communications, advertising and corporate social responsibility, and reported directly to the Chairman and CEO, Eli Broad. Prior to SunAmerica, Don was Vice President, Corporate Communications for Nissan North America, (NSANY) overseeing corporate branding, public relations, community relations, crisis management and all other communications activities for the automotive giant. At Nissan, he served as a member of the North American Management and Operating Committees. Don began his career in New York, working for three global advertising and public relations agencies, RuderFinn, Bozell Inc. and Grey Advertising and serving a variety of blue-chip clients including Panasonic, Hitachi, Minolta, Seagram’s and Nissan. He is past Chairman of the Board of Overseers for Emerson College, and a member of the Board of Directors of the USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations, and the Saban Community Clinic in Los Angeles. Don graduated Summa Cum Laude from New York University with a degree in journalism. https://www.fhscapitalpartners.com/david-kyne daily 0.75 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615cc3051aaeb219b8af1b13/ad5879fd-845e-4a16-bd18-5457f5bc70f8/fhs-capital-partners-investment-DavidKyne_1.jpg David Kyne - don spetner Co-Founder, FHS Capital Partners Don Spetner is a co-founder of FHS Capital Partners, and Senior Corporate Advisor for Weber Shandwick Worldwide. Don has the unique experience of having served as a Chief Communications Officer for three global, publicly traded companies, while also having recruited and placed CCO’s and CMO’s for major organizations. Don advises on a range of issues, including structuring of the communications and marketing function, identifying and developing talent, and employing best-in-class practices for leading a world-class department. From 2000 through 2012, Don held the role of EVP, Corporate Affairs for Korn/Ferry Int’l (NYSE:KFY) where he served as the Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Integration Officer, and as a Senior Partner in the Corporate Affairs executive search practice. He also served as Korn/Ferry’s head of R&D, where he oversaw a team of clinical and organizational psychologists focused on the science behind executive success and derailment, high performing teams, and the assessment of senior level talent. Don has recruited and placed Chief Communications Officers for numerous global brands, including Chevron, Yahoo!, Genentech, eBay, Microsoft and The Los Angeles Dodgers, among others. Prior to Korn/Ferry, Don was Vice President, Communications and Advertising and a corporate officer for SunAmerica Inc., (NYSE:SAI) a $56 billion (assets) financial services company that was acquired by AIG in 1999. At SunAmerica he oversaw media relations, internal communications, advertising and corporate social responsibility, and reported directly to the Chairman and CEO, Eli Broad. Prior to SunAmerica, Don was Vice President, Corporate Communications for Nissan North America, (NSANY) overseeing corporate branding, public relations, community relations, crisis management and all other communications activities for the automotive giant. At Nissan, he served as a member of the North American Management and Operating Committees. Don began his career in New York, working for three global advertising and public relations agencies, RuderFinn, Bozell Inc. and Grey Advertising and serving a variety of blue-chip clients including Panasonic, Hitachi, Minolta, Seagram’s and Nissan. He is past Chairman of the Board of Overseers for Emerson College, and a member of the Board of Directors of the USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations, and the Saban Community Clinic in Los Angeles. Don graduated Summa Cum Laude from New York University with a degree in journalism.