Tom Heymann is President and CEO of Sepsis Alliance and he has held that role since 2013. He has led Sepsis Alliance, the nation’s first and leading sepsis patient advocacy organization, to consecutive years of growth helping sepsis awareness grow from 19% to 69% in the U.S.
Heymann has more than 30 years of senior business development and operating experience in the commercial and not-for-profit sectors. Prior to Sepsis Alliance, he served as Chief Operating Officer at Little Kids Rock, the country’s largest free instrumental music charity, and before that as Executive Director at Young Audiences New York. He also served as General Manager of The Biography Channel as part of his 14 years of executive leadership at A&E Television Networks, where he earned an Emmy Award for "Biography: The Google Boys." Heymann is also a published author of six books for Random House including the "On An Average Day" series.
He earned his BS in Communications from Northwestern University and his MBA from Columbia Business School.