Thomas Tisch is a member of the Board of Fellows and served as the 20th Chancellor of Brown University from 2007 to 2016. He was a member of the Board of Trustees from 2002 to 2016. Tisch is managing partner of Four Partners, an investment firm in New York City. In addition, he serves on the boards of trustees for the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Tisch received a B.A. from Brown BA in 1976 and earned a JD from New York University School of Law in 1979.