JONATHAN M. TISCH is Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels, as well as co-Chairman of the Board and 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 United States. Recognized as a preeminent leader of the nation's travel and tourism industry, Tisch is Chairman of the Travel Business Roundtable and NYC & Company, the city's official tourism marketing organization. In 2005, Tisch became the host of his own television show, Open Exchange: Beyond the Boardroom with Jonathan Tisch, a series of one-on-one interviews with America's preeminent CEOs and business luminaries. Tisch is also the author of the bestseller The Power of We (Wiley).

KARL WEBER is a freelance writer specializing in business and current affairs. He is coauthor, with Jonathan Tisch, of the bestseller The Power of We. Most recently, he collaborated with Andrew Savitz on The Triple Bottom Line (Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley), a book examining the issues surrounding sustainable business management.