Bob Feldman is the founder of the Dialogue Project at Duke University, a program that engages the world’s business leaders on what role business can play to reduce polarization in society and improve civil discourse. Companies in support of this initiative include Ralph Lauren, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Levi Strauss, AXIS Capital, Mattel, Macy’s, Mars, Labcorp, HPE, KPMG, Chick-fil-A, and American Airlines.

Feldman is also co-founder of FHS Capital Partners, an investment firm whose other two founders are Bill Heyman and Don Spetner. FHS invests in early-stage companies and consultancies that leverage technology, insights, and expertise to help clients transform their marketing and communications strategies. FHS portfolio companies include Morning Consult, DrivePath Advisors, Applecart, Alethea, Integral, and others.

Prior to the start of the Dialogue Project and FHS, Feldman was vice chair of ICF Next, a worldwide marketing and communications firm. Feldman joined ICF as part of that company’s acquisition of PulsePoint Group, a communications management consulting firm that Feldman founded in 2007.  

Earlier in his career, Feldman was with DreamWorks Animation SKG as the company’s first head of corporate communications and corporate marketing. Prior to that, Bob lived in New York and was for eight years president and chief executive of WPP’s GCI Group. Before that, he held senior positions with Ketchum and Burson. 

In 2019, Feldman 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.