New York, New York - May 16, 2006 - Lisa Heissan, 36, has been named publisher for Biz Bash’s new online and print National Venue Guide to be published in January 2007 announced Robert Fitzgerald, vice president of sales and marketing.

Heissan joins BiZBash from Agenda magazine, where she spent the last seven years in the position of sales manager. Heissan was Agenda’s top sales performer in revenue and growth from 1999 through 2005. Previously she was the sales and marketing manager for Levy Restaurants of Chicago, and sales manager for the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group in Atlanta.

As publisher of the National Venue Guide, Heissan will be responsible for overall sales performance of the product. Additionally, she will handle a select number of New York accounts, where she will sell the entire BiZBash product line.

Related announcements:

Jacqueline Gould, age 24, national account manager, has been promoted to the position of associate publisher of BiZBash New York focusing on helping in the areas of training, event sponsorships, and recruiting, as well as building and servicing her current account base. She join Nancy Sweizy, who is also an associate publisher concentrating on sales development.

Heather Feinstein, age 28, has been promoted to the position of senior account executive of BiZBash New York from account executive. She will continue to sell across the BiZBash product line and work on special advertising projects.