He has served on the boards of other non-profits including Sesame Workshop, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Wildlife Direct, Borough of Manhattan Community College Foundation, the Child Mind Institute, the Tribeca Film Institute of which he was a co-founder, the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation and the Mandela Institute for Humanity that was founded by Ndaba Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela,  whose other board embers include Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X and Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.