{{Short description|American diplomat and banker (born 1958)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bruce Heyman | image = Bruce Heyman official portrait.jpg | office = United States Ambassador to Canada | president = Barack Obama | deputy = Elizabeth Moore Aubin | term_start = April 8, 2014 | term_end = January 18, 2017 | predecessor = David Jacobson | successor = Kelly Craft | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}} | birth_place = Elmira, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Vicki Heyman|June 15, 1980}} | party = Democratic | alma_mater = Vanderbilt University {{small|(BA, MBA)}} }} '''Bruce Alan Heyman''' (born 1958) is an American businessman, author, and former diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2017 under President Barack Obama.
Heyman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 12, 2014 and sworn in by then-Vice President Joe Biden on March 26, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ottawa |first=U. S. Embassy |date=2014-03-26 |title=Excerpts from Ambassador-Designate Heyman's Remarks at Swearing-in Ceremony in Washington |url=https://ca.usembassy.gov/excerpts-ambassador-designate-heymans-remarks-swearing-ceremony-washington/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Canada |language=en-US}}</ref> He presented his credentials to the Governor General of Canada, thus beginning his duties in Ottawa, on April 8, 2014. His tenure ended on January 18, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-fires-us-ambassadors-no-replacements-a7538256.html|title=Donald Trump has fired all foreign US ambassadors with nobody to replace them|last=Revesz|first=Rachel|date=January 20, 2017|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://ca.usembassy.gov/charge-daffaires-elizabeth-moore-aubin-assumes-duties-u-s-embassy/ Elizabeth Moore Aubin Becomes Chargé d’Affaires at U.S. Embassy], ''U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Canada''.</ref>
As of 2024, Heyman is CEO of Power Sustainable Capital, a global alternative asset manager.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-02 |title=Ex-Goldman Banker Heyman Named CEO of Desmarais' Power Sustainable |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-02/ex-goldman-banker-heyman-becomes-ceo-of-desmarais-firm-power-sustainable |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Heyman was born in Elmira, New York<ref>{{cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Donna|title=Emphasizing the positive|url=http://diplomatonline.com/mag/2015/06/emphasizing-the-positive/|date=June 23, 2015|access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref> to a Jewish family<ref name=MontGazette>[https://montrealgazette.com/life/urban-expressions/u-s-ambassadors-wife-on-the-ties-that-bind Montreal Gazette: "U.S. ambassador's wife on the ties that bind" by Janet Wilson] April 20, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.ottawajewishbulletin.com/2015/06/american-ambassador-visits-hillel-house/ Ottawa Jewish Bulletin: "American ambassador visits Hillel House"] June 17, 2015</ref> and raised in Dayton, Ohio.<ref name="usembassy">{{cite web|url=http://canada.usembassy.gov/news-events/2013-news-and-events/december-2013/senator-durbin.html|title=December 2013 | Embassy of the United States Ottawa, Canada|publisher=canada.usembassy.gov|access-date=2014-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313102332/http://canada.usembassy.gov/news-events/2013-news-and-events/december-2013/senator-durbin.html|archive-date=2014-03-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> Heyman graduated from the Miami Valley School, and received a B.A. (1979) and an M.B.A. (1980) from Vanderbilt University.<ref name="Legacies"/><ref name="whitehouse">{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/09/19/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts|work=whitehouse.gov|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts | The White House|date=September 19, 2013|via=National Archives|access-date=2014-03-13}}</ref>
His grandfather, Sam Malamud, had immigrated from Lithuania in 1912, adopting the surname of a cousin, Henry Heyman.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Enduring Legacies|last=Thaler|first=Lisa|year=1998|location=Chicago, USA|pages=127}}</ref>
In 1977 and 1978, Heyman interned at the U.S. House of Representatives for Congressman Charles Whalen of Ohio.<ref name="Legacies">{{cite book|title=Enduring legacies : an ancestral history of David Charles Heyman (1985- ), Liza Rae Heyman (1987- ), and Caroline Lindsey Heyman (1991- )|last=Thaler|first=Lisa|year=1998}}</ref> In the summer of 1979, Heyman was a researcher for the Small Business Committee on the Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Subcommittee.<ref name="Palmer">{{cite news|title=Goldman Sachs partner learned value of 'overcommunication'|last=Palmer|first=Ann|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2009/11/09/goldman-sachs-partner-learned-value-of-overcommunication/|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 9, 2009|access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref>
==Career== In 1980, Heyman worked as a Chicago-based investment banker for Goldman Sachs.<ref name=MacLeansHeyman>[http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/chicago-investment-banker-bruce-heyman-will-be-next-u-s-ambassador-to-canada/ Macleans: "Chicago investment banker Bruce Heyman will be next U.S. ambassador to Canada - Heyman has been managing director of private wealth management at Goldman Sachs since 1999"] September 19, 2013</ref> From 1985 to 1999, Heyman served as a Vice President of Goldman Sachs.<ref name="Palmer"/> From 1999 to 2014, he served as a managing director of private wealth management at Goldman Sachs,<ref name=MacLeansHeyman /> and as a Goldman partner from 2004 until his 2014 appointment as a US ambassador.<ref name="Palmer" />
Prior to this appointment, Heyman served as a board member for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Foundation. He also served as an advisor to the Fix the Debt CEO Council of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He has been a member of The Economic Club of Chicago, The Executives' Club of Chicago, and the Facing History and Ourselves Chicago Advisory Board.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110404184049/http://canada.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html "U.S. Embassy Canada: Ambassador Bruce Heyman"] March 30, 2015</ref>
[[File:Ambassador Heyman- Presentation of Credentials -b.jpg|thumb|Bruce and Vicki Heyman with two Governor General's Foot Guards, before he presented his credentials as ambassador to David Lloyd Johnston, the Governor General of Canada.]] On September 19, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Heyman, who had been a major fundraiser for his two presidential campaigns, to be the U.S. Ambassador to Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/09/19/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts|date=September 19, 2013|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mas|first=Susana|title=Bruce Heyman named U.S. ambassador to Canada|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bruce-heyman-named-u-s-ambassador-to-canada-1.1861180|publisher=CBC News|date=September 19, 2013|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> Heyman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 12, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mas|first=Susana|title=Bruce Heyman confirmed by U.S. Senate as ambassador to Canada|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bruce-heyman-confirmed-by-u-s-senate-as-ambassador-to-canada-1.2570367|publisher=CBC News|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Donna|title=Emphasizing the positive|url=http://diplomatonline.com/mag/2015/06/emphasizing-the-positive/|date=June 23, 2015|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> He replaced Ambassador David Jacobson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/4115863-white-house-says-obama-to-nominate-investment-banker-heyman-as-canadian-ambassador/|title=White House says Obama to nominate investment banker Heyman as Canadian ambassador|date=September 19, 2013}}</ref> As the U.S. ambassador to Canada, Heyman became a member of the Fulbright Canada Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ambassador Bruce A. Heyman|url=http://www.fulbright.ca/about-us/board-of-directors/current-board-members/bruce-heyman-bio.html|publisher=Fulbright Canada|date=April 8, 2014|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> In 2014 and 2016, Heyman was named one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Business People by ''Canadian Business''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canada's 50 Most Powerful Business People 2014: U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman|url=http://www.canadianbusiness.com/lists-and-rankings/most-powerful-people/bruce-heyman-us-ambassador-to-canada-2014/|work=Canadian Business|date=August 21, 2014|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Canada's Most Powerful Business People 2016: #25 — Bruce Heyman|url=http://www.canadianbusiness.com/lists-and-rankings/most-powerful-people/25-2015-bruce-heyman/|work=Canadian Business|date=November 17, 2015|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref>
In 2015, Heyman gave the keynote address at Niagara University's commencement ceremony.<ref name="Commencement">{{cite web|last=Freedman|first=Michael|title=Ambassador Heyman, Leonhardt, Brennan Highlight Commencement 2015|url=http://news.niagara.edu/ambassador-heyman-leonhardt-brennan-highlight-commencement-2015/|publisher=Niagara University News|date=May 20, 2015|access-date=June 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809054620/http://news.niagara.edu/ambassador-heyman-leonhardt-brennan-highlight-commencement-2015/|archive-date=August 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the ceremony, Heyman was presented an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.<ref name="Commencement"/>
In January 2017, he announced that he was stepping down as the U.S. ambassador to Canada.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. ambassador to Canada asked to leave, announces departure effective inauguration day|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2017/01/06/u-s-ambassador-canada-asked-leave-announces-departure-effective-inauguration-day/|access-date=January 6, 2017|work=The Canadian Press}}</ref> He was replaced by Ambassador Kelly Craft.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Carol Morello |date= |orig-date=September 24, 2019 |title=Former U.S. envoy to Ottawa wants Canada to get a seat on U.N. Security Council |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/former-us-envoy-to-ottawa-calls-for-canada-to-get-seat-on-un-security-council/2019/09/24/f138c3ba-df0f-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref>
During the Presidency of Donald Trump, Heyman and his wife Vicki co-authored ''The Art of Diplomacy'': ''Strengthening the Canada-U.S. Relationship in Times of Uncertainty,'' published in 2019. The book describes the Heymans' experiences liaising as ambassador and as American cultural envoy, respectively, with the Canadian administrations of Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau under the Obama administration's approach to foreign diplomacy. <ref>{{Cite book |last1=Heyman |first1=Bruce |title=The Art of Diplomacy: Strengthening the Canada-U.S. Relationship in Times of Uncertainty |last2=Heyman |first2=Vicki |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2019 |isbn=9781982102678 |publication-date=April 30, 2019}}</ref>
In 2019, Heyman was appointed co-chairman of the advisory board to the Canada Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. <ref>{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2019 |title=Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman New Co-Chair of Wilson Center Canada Institute Advisory Board |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/former-us-ambassador-to-canada-bruce-heyman-new-co-chair-wilson-center-canada-institute |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=www.wilsoncenter.org |language=en}}</ref>
In 2024, Heyman accepted the position of CEO at Power Sustainable, an asset management subsidiary of Power Corporation focused on North American renewable energy projects, after serving as an advisor to board chairman and outgoing CEO Olivier Desmarais for three years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cameron |first=Ian |date=October 2, 2024 |title=Power Sustainable Appoints Bruce Heyman as CEO to Lead Expansion |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/power-sustainable-appoints-bruce-heyman-as-ceo-to-lead-expansion-302265725.html |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-02 |title=Ex-Goldman Banker Heyman Named CEO of Desmarais' Power Sustainable |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-02/ex-goldman-banker-heyman-becomes-ceo-of-desmarais-firm-power-sustainable |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Political activities== Heyman and his wife were prominent donors to then-Senator Barack Obama beginning in 2007 when they hosted a fundraising event in their home, and came to number among Obama's top fundraisers. In 2012, both he and his wife served on the Obama campaign's National Finance Committee tasked with raising funds for Obama's re-election,<ref name=MacLeansHeyman /> together contributing or collecting $1.7 million for his re-election bid.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=With Bruce Heyman, Another Local Obama Bundler Just Got an Ambassadorship |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/April-2013/Big-Bucks-Buy-Embassy-in-Ottawa-Another-Local-Obama-Bundler-Gets-an-Ambassadorship/ |website=Chicago Magazine}}</ref>
During the 2020 Presidential Election, the Heymans co-chaired the Biden campaign's American Voter Abroad Initiative<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman and wife, Vicki, 'working hard' to make Donald Trump 'a footnote in history' |url=https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2020/08/03/former-u-s-ambassador-to-canada-bruce-heyman-and-wife-vicki-working-hard-to-make-donald-trump-a-footnote-in-history/228622/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=The Hill Times |language=en-CA}}</ref> and led the outreach group Ambassadors for Biden.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=July 16, 2020 |title=Ambassadors for Biden Partner with Democrats Abroad to Mobilize the Vote Abroad |url=https://www.democratsabroad.org/ambassadors_for_biden_partner_with_democrats_abroad_to_mobilize_the_vote_abroad |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Democrats Abroad |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Biden campaign seeks to boost overseas American voter turnout |url=https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/biden-campaign-seeks-to-boost-overseas-american-voter-turnout-87740997771 |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=MSNBC.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, Heyman has publicly supported Biden's candidacy for re-election<ref>{{Citation |title=U.S. presidential race: Joe Biden's memory becomes focal point {{!}} CTV Question Period | date=February 11, 2024 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObgdweSnsrU |access-date=2024-03-17 |language=en}}</ref> and has remained supportive of the American Voter Abroad Initiative.<ref>{{Citation |last=Heyman |first=Bruce |title=Facebook Post by Former United States Ambassador to Canada Bruce A. Heyman |date=January 24, 2024 |url=https://www.facebook.com/AmbassadorBruceHeyman/videos/hey-do-you-know-any-americans-living-abroad-they-need-to-register-to-vote-to-par/698863695774311/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is married to Vanderbilt then-classmate Vicki Simons<ref name=Vanderbilt>[http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-business/2008/11/owen-mergers/ Vanderbilt Business Owen School of Magament Bulletin: "Couples who found fulfilling marriages through the Owen School - Vicki Simons Heyman, BA’79, MBA’80, and Bruce Heyman, BA’79, MBA’80" by Jamie Reeves] Fall 2008</ref> who is also Jewish.<ref name=MontGazette /> The two married on June 15, 1980 in Ashland, Kentucky.<ref name="Legacies"/> They have three children: David, Liza, and Caroline,<ref name=Vanderbilt /> as well as six grandchildren.
His wife served on the executive board of the Center for Jewish Life at Vanderbilt University and the foundation board of the Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/fashion/weddings/11ayer.html?_r=0 New York Times: "Alison Ayer, David Heyman"] October 10, 2009</ref>
The Heymans are active members of the Chicago Jewish community.
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