New York, August 27, 2001 - The BiZBash.com Idea Center, the marketplace and showcase serving the premium events and business entertaining community, announced today that Jane Shapiro has been promoted to senior vice president of operations from vice president.

In her new role she will continue to oversee the areas of human resources, legal, finance and business strategy and planning, and will oversee additional aspects of the business including technology and manufacturing. She will continue to report to BiZBash's president Richard Aaron.

"Jane has been critical to the management of BiZBash since its inception and I look forward to her continued excellence in operating the business," said David Adler, founder and CEO.

Shapiro has more than 11 years of business experience - both as a management consultant and healthcare administrator. Prior to joining BiZBash, Shapiro was with Knowledge Strategies, a new media development firm. Her prior experience includes three years with the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (North Shore) where she established an Internet presence for the 13 hospital health care network. Before joining North Shore, she was a management consultant for six years - primarily with ECG Management Consultants. Jane holds an M.B.A. from Boston University and a bachelor of arts in economics from Tufts University.

The BiZBash.com Idea Center is a free online and offline resource center for special events and business entertaining professionals that was created to fill a real need: to find localized "nooks and crannies" information to help in producing effective events. BiZBash.com is the most extensive database of the best event resources with more than 5,000 listings. The company also produces the annual BiZBash Event Expo and publishes weekly newsletters including the BiZBash Event Style Alert and BiZBash Event Calendar. The company also hosts numerous networking events.