NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference

CHAIR AND COMMITTEE

Jonathan M. Tisch

JONATHAN M. TISCH
Co-Chairman of the Board and Office of the President, Loews Corporation;
Chairman, Loews Hotels

Jonathan M. Tisch is Co-Chairman of the Board and a member of the Office of the President of Loews Corporation, one of the largest diversified financial holding companies in the U.S., and is also Chairman of its subsidiary, Loews Hotels. Recognized as a national leader of the multi-billion dollar travel and tourism industry, Tisch founded and served as Chairman of the Travel Business Roundtable from 1995–2008 and in 2009 merged it with the Travel Industry Association to create the U.S. Travel Association, of which he serves as Chairman Emeritus.

Tisch is also committed to a vibrant tourism industry in New York City, where for nearly six years he served as Chairman of NYC & Company, the city's official tourism marketing agency and convention and visitors bureau. Concurrent with his national efforts to help stimulate travel in the aftermath of September 11th, Tisch served as Chairman of "New York Rising," a task force set up to help rebuild the city by reviving tourism.

Believing you can do well and do good at the same time, Tisch is a champion of corporate responsibility and his community and philanthropic activities are extensive. In 1990, Tisch created the Loews Hotels Good Neighbor Policy, the company's formal commitment to the long-standing tradition of understanding its responsibility to the communities where it owns and operates hotels. Loews Hotels Good Neighbor Policy was awarded the President's Service Award, the highest honor given by the President of the United States for community service directed at solving critical social problems. Tisch serves on the Board of Trustees for Tufts University, where he is also the naming benefactor of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, and previously served as the Vice-Chairman of national Welfare to Work Partnership.

Tisch is the host of the Emmy-nominated television broadcast, Beyond the Boardroom with Jonathan Tisch, a series of one-on-one interviews with America's preeminent CEOs and business luminaries. Talking to Jonathan Tisch, his guests are afforded an opportunity to reveal the person behind the business legend. Tisch is also the author of three best selling books: The Power of We: Succeeding Through Partnerships, Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough: Reinventing the Customer Experience and Citizen You: Doing Your Part to Change the World, where Tisch challenges readers to take up the mantle of social engagement and points the way toward making the world a better place, one person and one neighborhood at a time. This is Mr. Tisch's eighteenth year as Conference Chair. Photo credit: Buck Ennis.

EXECUTIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE

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.

		Arthur Adler Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels			Dorothy Jennings HVS
		Scott D. Berman PwC			Nancy Johnson Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
		Jacques Brand Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.			Frank J. Nardozza REH Capital Partners, LLC
		Eric A. Danziger Wyndham Hotel Group			Jonathan C. Nehmer Jonathan Nehmer + Associates, Inc.
		Joel M. Eisemann IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group)			David Pepper Choice Hotels International, Inc.
		Michael A. Fishbin Ernst & Young LLP			Rick Ross SNR Denton
		Troy Furbay Loews Hotels			Karen E. Rubin Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
		Mark J. Gerstein UBS Securities LLC			Stephen Rushmore HVS
		Steve Haggerty Hyatt Hotels Corporation			Mitesh B. Shah Noble Investment Group
		Bjorn Hanson, Ph.D. New York University			Noah J. Silverman Marriott International, Inc.
		Jeffrey A. Horwitz Proskauer			Adam Weissenberg Deloitte & Touche LLP
		Kevin Jacobs Hilton Worldwide