Jon Heymann M.Ed.

“You can’t burn out until you’ve caught on fire”

Jon Heymann has a professional background spanning 35 years, ranging from private ministry to public penitentiaries. He is now the President of Heymann Consulting. He recently founded Elevate Jacksonville and, prior to that, served as the CEO of the Jacksonville Children’s Commission, which provided $38 million in support to numerous child-serving nonprofits.

He is the author of “Agonizing Peace: Powering Through Traumatic Experiences”.

Heymann holds a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Florida and has completed Graduate work in Psychology and Doctoral work at the University of North Florida.

Clemson University awarded Heymann the Crystal Star Award, their top national award for his work in dropout prevention. Stanford University labeled Heymann a “Transformational Leader.”

He was born in Athens, Greece, and was a child victim of a trafficking ring at the hands of oppressive child traffickers. He was eventually adopted by an American adoption agency working in Greece and lovingly raised by the Heymanns.

Mr. Heymann has spoken to over 300,000 people, and is a National Board member of Foundations INC (Philadelphia, PA); a Board member of both University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Education and the Florida Afterschool Network; Pres of Florida Children’s Councils; Fl State Advisory Board member of Children’s Campaign; and has served on Boards of the Early Learning Coalition, the United Way of NE FL, as well as Board President of United Way’s Agency Directors, and a member of the National Dropout Prevention Network, the North East Florida Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, the Florida Chamber of Commerce President’s Council; and the Florida Association of Nonprofit Organizations.

He has provided coaching and consultation to businesses, Charter schools, churches, colleges, as well as keynote speeches to numerous national conventions, men’s retreats, youth conferences, and civic groups, including: Beyond School Hours National Conference (twice); US Dep’t of Education National Conferences; Youth Corps Volunteers of America; National Association of Postmasters; Florida Department of Education; Florida Governor’s Conference on Children; Florida Association of Business Administrators; as well as IBM, Florida Mental Health Association, Florida Department of Corrections, FL Department of Labor, Florida Power and Light, Georgia Pacific, John Hancock Insurance, Parole and Probation, and a host of regional and local organizations.

Heymann is a husband, a father of three, and a grandfather of a growing number, as well as a prolific writer, executive coach, and speaker.

He believes that our greatest hour has yet to be lived, and our grandest accomplishments have yet to be achieved by those who dare to be great.