PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, INC.
WASHINGTON, DC

We all deserve a government that is responsive to the needs of our fellow citizens. While others may debate whether government should be bigger or smaller, we focus on making it better. But improving government requires more than just ideas—we need a talented corps of knowledgeable, action-oriented problem-solvers capable of driving results and innovation. That’s why we work with leaders throughout government to help them transform the government we have into the government we need. was fresh out of Harvard Law School. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s call to serve, Heyman joined the U.S. Department of Justice and served as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Upon his father’s death in 1968, Heyman left government to assume responsibility for his family’s business, but his experiences in government fueled his belief that public service was not only honorable, but vitally important to the nation and deserving of America’s best talent. “The future of our nation quite simply depends on the quality of our government,” Heyman said. As the new millennium dawned, Heyman realized that our government would lose an entire generation to retirement: those, like him, who had answered President Kennedy’s appeal. He believed that the challenges facing the country were the most profound in decades and that replacing a generation of public servants with the very best talent must be a national imperative. He was enthusiastic about the possibilities, noting “my optimism about what can be accomplished is underpinned by the fact that young Americans today are so extraordinarily idealistic. They are the most active citizens in recent history. They’re volunteering for community service at record levels and they are the most likely of all age groups to believe that one person can make a difference by helping others.” So in 2001, Heyman founded the Partnership for Public Service to revitalize the federal civil service. Since that time the Partnership has worked to restore pride in government service and to attract the country’s most talented, intelligent and committed workers to serve the American people. Founding Chairman, Partnership for Public Service, 2001-2009 In September 2001, Mr. Heyman founded the Partnership for Public Service, with a gift of $45 million, to address the need for reform in government service and served as the Partnership’s Chairman from 2001-2009. Mr. Heyman passed away in November 2009. Heyman was the owner and Chairman of one of the nation’s major privately-held companies, which does business as GAF Corporation and consists of an international specialty chemicals company and North America’s largest manufacturer of residential roofing products. GAF has more than 7,500 employees worldwide, approximately $4 billion in sales and is headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey. Mr. Heyman waged a successful proxy contest for control of GAF in 1983, which Barron’s characterized as “one of the most striking achievements in the annals of corporate finance.” A graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School, Mr. Heyman began his career as a lawyer for the United States Justice Department and later served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. He left government service in 1968 to take over his family’s Connecticut-based real estate development business and subsequently built Heyman Properties into a leading commercial real estate development firm with operations throughout the United States. Mr. Heyman and his wife, Ronnie Feuerstein Heyman, have numerous philanthropic interests, which have included the establishment of The Samuel & Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University; The Partnership for Public Service in Washington, D.C.; The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy and the Professions, Sanford Institute, Duke University; Heyman Commons, the kosher dining hall at Yale; the Yale Tennis Facility; and The Heyman Chair in Legal Ethics at Yale Law School. Past involvements include the Bicultural Day School (the Heyman Gymnasium), the Ramaz School (the Heyman Auditorium and Pre-School) and Congregation Agudath Shalom (Heyman Chapel). and Honorary Board Member, Partnership for Public Service Ronnie F. Heyman is Chairman of GAF Industries, the largest manufacturer of residential and commercial roofing products in North America, and an attorney and managing partner of Heyman Properties, an owner and manager of commercial real estate. Mrs. Heyman also served as Chairman of International Specialty Products (ISP), from 2009 until its sale in 2011. ISP is a world leader in specialty chemicals used across a wide array of industries including pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, hair and skin care, plastics, agriculture, coatings and adhesives, synthetic elastomers, and specialty biocides. Along with her late husband, Samuel J. Heyman, Mrs. Heyman founded the Partnership for Public Service to address the need for reform in government service, endowed innovative fellowship programs at Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and Seton Hall School of Law to encourage law students to enter Federal Government service upon graduation, and established The Samuel & Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance at Yeshiva University, and The Samuel & Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy and the Professions at Duke University. Our elected Board of Directors serves as volunteers and brings a diverse set of experiences to the Partnership. The Board guides our strategic priorities and helps to ensure our financial health by providing fiscal oversight and support of fundraising efforts. Chairman, Partnership for Public Service Mr. Bernstein was one of the two principals of Silver Screen Management, Inc., and the affiliated Silver Screen companies, which from 1983 to 1998 financed 75 films with the Walt Disney Company, including such box office successes as “Beauty and the Beast,” “Pretty Women” and “The Little Mermaid.”