City & State New York
May 1, 2017
DOUG FORAND
BILL HYERS
Founding Partner, Red Horse Strategies
Partner, Hilltop Public Solutions
Doug Forand is a founder of Red Horse Strategies, one of the most lucrative political consulting firms in New York. Since Forand opened the firm with fellow state Senate Democratic campaign staffers Marc Lapidus and Nathan Smith in 2008, it has worked with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Bill de Blasio, Letitia James, the Working Families Party and a long list of congressional and state legislative candidates and elected officials. This year Forand’s team has been taking progressive City Council members as clients, including Ritchie Torres, Helen Rosenthal, Carlos Menchaca and a dozen others. Forand’s extensive political experience includes running Alan Hevesi’s successful campaign for state comptroller in 2002 and serving as deputy chief of staff and director of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.
Bill Hyers served as campaign manager for Bill de Blasio’s 2013 mayoral bid and is credited with boosting de Blasio’s then-underdog candidacy – he was fourth in the polls just weeks before the primary. Before that, Hyers worked as state director for Barack Obama’s re-election campaign in Pennsylvania and Midwest director for Obama’s 2008 campaign. He also worked on Kirsten Gillibrand’s 2006 congressional campaign and helped secure an upset for the Democrat in a traditionally Republican district. Hyers was linked to criticism of de Blasio last year thanks to his dubious designation, along with other outside consultants, as an “agent of the city.” It remains to be seen if Hyers will be brought back for the mayor’s re-election campaign.
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