Tisch also holds positions as:

• Chairman Emeritus of the United States Travel Association (U.S. Travel) [1], a travel industry lobbying group
• Trustee of Tufts University
• Treasurer of the New York Giants Football Team
• Member of the Board, Tribeca Film Institute [2]

Tisch, who graduated from Tufts University in 1976, gave an endowed gift of $40 million dollars in 2006 to fund the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.

In 2004 his work, The Power of We : Succeeding Through Partnerships (ISBN 0-471-74105-1), was published and became a national bestseller. His second book, Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough: Reinventing the Customer Experience (ISBN 978-0-470-04355-4), was published in March 2007. It was named a finalist for the Quill Awards' "Best Business Book of the Year." He is currently writing a third book entitled "Citizen You: Doing Your Part to Change the World."

Currently, Jonathan Tisch is the host of Emmy-nominated "Beyond the Boardroom with Jonathan Tisch," a series of one-on-one interviews with America’s preeminent CEOs and business people on Plum TV, a media network. The show has also aired on CNBC, Fox, PBS and WNBC-New York.

The Tisch family is one of America's wealthiest and influential, with assets in the billions which they control through their holding company, Loews Corporation.