The Preston Robert Tisch Center Faculty Profiles Brochure

Tisch Center Graduate Programs

NETWORKING AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

Throughout the academic year, Tisch Center students attend a variety of industry events. Tisch Center events feature prominent speakers and are open exchanges that epitomize the proud, promising motto of the Center: “The city is our laboratory, industry is our faculty, and our students are the future of the profession.”

Meshing academic excellence and real-world experience, Tisch Center students and alumni avail themselves of three annual lectures with a distinguished legacy of speakers. A fourth lecture features Jonathan M. Tisch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Loews Hotels, and Co-chairman of the Board and Office of the President, Loews Corporation. Following spring final examinations, Tisch Center students also volunteer as special event assistants at the annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, hosted by the Tisch Center and chaired by Mr. Tisch.

THE STEPHEN W. BRENER DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
2009–10: Kathleen Dauber, principal, and Thomas Johnson, director of marketing and business development, HBA / Hirsch Bedner Associates Design Consultants

Previous Speakers
2008–09: Daniel R. Flannery, vice president and area general manager, The Ritz Carlton Hotels of New York and Boston

2007–08: Eric O. Long, general manager, The Waldorf=Astoria & The Waldorf Towers; Offer Nissenbaum, managing director, Peninsula Beverly Hills; Dominique Piquemal, managing director, The LONDON NYC; Mary Lou Pollack, general manager, The Alex

2006–07: Steven A. Rudnitsky, president and chief executive officer, Wyndham Hotel Group

2005: Laurence Geller, president and chief executive officer, Strategic Hotels & Resorts

2004: Stephen Rushmore, president and founder, HVS International

2003: Stanley Turkel, hotel consultant; Vijay Dandapani, chief operating officer, Apple Core Hotels; Anil R. Patel, president, Northstar Management Group; Dinubhai D. Patel, owner-operator, Advanced Motel; Fred Schwartz, president, AAHOA; Alan L.Tallis, executive vice president-chief development officer, La Quinta Inns, Inc.

2002: Richard M. Born, principal, BD Hotels, llc

2001: Laurence S. Geller, chief executive officer, Strategic Hotel Capital, llc

2000: Richard Miller, vice president, research, World Travel & Tourism Council

1999: Eric O. Long, general manager, The Waldorf-Astoria

1998: Jonathan M. Tisch, president and chief executive officer, Loews Hotels

1997: J.T. Kuhlman, chief operating officer, Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts; Stephen Rushmore, president, HVS International; William R.Tiefel, president, Marriott Lodging; Jeff Weinstein, editor-in-chief, Hotels Magazine

1996: Daniel P.Weadock, president and chief executive officer, ITT Sheraton Corporation

1995: Michael A. Leven, president and chief operating officer, Holiday Inn Worldwide

1994: James Gaffigan, vice president of government affairs, AH&MA

THE RICELLE "BUNNY" GROSSINGER DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES IN TOURISM MANAGEMENT
2009: Michelle Morgan, president, Signature Travel Network and Gary Murphy, president, Brendan Worldwide Vacations

Previous Speakers
2008: Henry H. Harteveldt, vice president and principal analyst, Forrester Research, Inc.

2007: Dawn Drew, vice president and publisher, National Geographic Traveler

2006: Roger J. Dow, president and CEO, TIA

2005: Terry L. Dale, president and CEO, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)

2004: Cristyne L. Nicholas, president and CEO, NYC & Company

2003: David Neeleman, CEO, Jet Blue Airways Corporation

THE CAL RAMSEY DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT
2009–10: Donna A. Lopiano, Ph.D., president, Sports Management Resources

Previous Speakers
2009: Panel, Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Sports: Illegal, Immoral, Unfair? Moderated by University Professor Arthur R. Miller, NYU

2008: Bob LaMonte, founder and president, PSR, Inc

2007: David W. Checketts, chairman, SCP Worldwide

2006: David Bober, executive vice president, Octagon Worldwide

2005: Jay Cross, president, New York Jets