Jonathan M. Tisch

Jonathan M. Tisch is the author of CHOCOLATES ON THE PILLOW AREN'T ENOUGH: Reinveting the Customer Experience and the Wall Street Journal besteller The Power of We: Succeeding through Partnerships. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Loews Hotels and is also Co-Chairman of the Board and a member of the Office of the President of Loews Corporation, the hotel chain's parent company and one of the largest diversified financial holding companies in the U.S.

Loews Hotels is recognized not just for providing more than a four-diamond experience but also for a corporate culture that believes in achieving enduring success through partnerships that empower employees, satisfy customers, contribute to communities, and improve the bottom line To get a better perspective on the essential connection between upper management and entry-level employees, Tisch starred in the premier episode of Now Who's Boss?, a television series by TLC and New York Times Television, that explored what happens when a CEO is put back in frontline positions at his own company. Tisch also hosts the television series, Open Exchange: Beyond the Boardroom, where he goes one-on-one with the nation's leading CEOs. The program reveals the person behind the successful executive and shows that business is about more than just numbers, but rather guts, hard work, imagination, and people.

Recognized as a national leader of the multi-billion dollar travel and tourism industry, Tisch has served since 1995 as Chairman of the Travel Business Roundtable, a prominent coalition of chief executives representing various sectors of the travel and tourism industry, and in 2003, he was appointed to the United States Department of Commerce U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. He is also a founder of the Disover America Partnership, an effort led by some of America's foremost business leaders to unlock the power of travel to strengthen America's image around the globe.

Tisch frequently can be seen in the media and on Capitol Hill promoting the industry's important role in our economic security, national security and public diplomoacy efforts. He has received numerous honors and accolades for his leadership, including 'Hotel Person of the Year' by Travel Agent magazine, one of the 'Business Travel Industry's Most Influential Executives' by Business Travel News, and one of the '25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry' by Meeting News magazine.

Tisch is also committed to a vibrant tourism industry in New York City, where he serves as Chairman of NYC & Company, the city's official tourism agency and local convention and visitors bureau. Concurrent with his national efforts to help stimulate travel and tourism 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. Last year the City welcomed a record 44 million visitors. In recognition for his leadership and civic involvement, Crain's New York Business named Tisch one of the 'Top Ten Most Influential Business Leaders.'

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. He served as the Vice-Chairman of The Welfare to Work Partnership, and currently 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. He is also on the Boards of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Tribeca Film Institute. In addition, he is on the Board and is the Treasurer of the New York Football Giants.

After graduating from Tufts University, Tisch worked as a Cinematographer/Producer at WBZ-TV in Boston, for which he received two local Emmy nominations.