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NYU Hospitality Conference

CHAIR AND COMMITTEE

Jonathan M. Tisch

Jonathan M. Tisch *
Conference Chair; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Loews Hotels;
Co-Chairman of the Board and Office of the President, Loews Corporation

Recognized as a preeminent leader of the nation’s travel and tourism industry, Mr. Tisch is a passionate advocate on behalf of the industry and works tirelessly to educate elected officials and the public at large about the significant economic, social, and diplomatic contributions of travel and tourism. He serves as Chairman of the Travel Business Roundtable, and until earlier this year was Chairman of NYC & Company, the city’s official tourism marketing organization. He is also the author of two best-selling books, The Power of We: Succeeding Through Partnerships and Chocolates on the Pillow Aren’t Enough: Reinventing the Customer Experience, and the host of television’s Beyond the Boardroom. This is Mr. Tisch’s fourteenth year as Conference Chair. Photo credit: Buck Ennis

Mr. Tisch and Dr. John Sexton, President of New York University, welcome you to the 30th Anniversary NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference. The University is grateful for the efforts of the Executive Planning Committee and for the financial contributions made by the conference patrons and sponsors. These contributions assure the quality, enhancement, and continuation of the conference, as well as support hospitality, tourism, and sports management students at NYU.


EXECUTIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE

  • Glyn F. Aeppel, Loews Hotels
  • Jacques Brand,* Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
  • Ted Brumleve,* Warnick & Company
  • Joel Eisemann, Marriott International, Inc.
  • Michael Feldman,* Proskauer Rose LLP
  • Michael Fishbin, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Steve Haggerty, Global Hyatt Corporation
  • Bjorn Hanson,* PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  • Jackson Hsieh, UBS Securities LLC
  • Dorothy Jennings,* HVS
  • Alex Kyriakidis, Deloitte
  • Nancy Mendelson, Loews Hotels
  • Julia F. Monk, BBG-BBGM
  • Frank J. Nardozza, REH Capital Partners, LLC
  • Lou Plasencia, The Plasencia Group, Inc.
  • Steve Porter, InterContinental Hotels Group
  • Lalia Rach,* New York University
  • Rick Ross, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
  • Karen E. Rubin, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
  • Steve Rudnitsky, Wyndham Hotel Group
  • Stephen Rushmore,* HVS


* Member of the advisory board for the NYU Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management