Lisa Tenner Selected One of the '25 People to Watch' by Global Gaming Business

She Shares the Spotlight with Top Gaming Leaders and Visionaries

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Lisa Tenner has been tapped by Global
Gaming Business Magazine as one of the "25 People To Watch" in 2008. The
January issue of the international magazine cited her as "The Poker Queen
Maker" for her role in creating the "Queen of Hearts" Team at the World Series
of Poker, a charitable program that has become the hottest ticket in women's
poker.
Tenner, a branding impresario, stands in illustrious company along with
Kazuo Okada, Chairman Azure Co., Vice President of Wynn Resorts Ltd.; Keith
Smith, President and CEO of Boyd Gaming; Bruce Rowe, SVP of Strategy and
Business Development for Bally Technologies; Kathleen McLaughlin-Harris,
Managing Director, Global Slot Marketing and Operations for Las Vegas Sands
Corp.; Dan D'Arrigo, Exec VP and CFO of MGM Mirage, and Rosalind Krause,
General Manager of Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, among others.
Tenner was singled out because each year she assembles a team of women
elite poker pros, celebrities and business superstars to play as a team during
the WSOP's Ladies Tournament. Players contribute part of their winnings to the
American Heart Association and the Nevada Cancer Institute. Celebrities that
have played and co-captained the team with Tenner are Jennifer Tilly and Mimi
Rogers. Recent pros have included J.J. Liu, Vanessa Rousso, Jennifer Leigh,
Clonie Gowen, Isabelle Mercier, Mary Jones and Susie Isaacs.
The Global Gaming Business story called Tenner "a poker impresario for
women players," but also noted her involvement with numerous other poker
events for which she has created, marketed, secured sponsors and arranged
television coverage on behalf of her clients. Tenner operates Tenner &
Associates, Inc. a Las Vegas-based marketing, production and branding company,
with a specialization in gaming, music and entertainment.
In 2007 Tenner was named the "Event Pro of the Year" at the annual
EventPro Forum. The EventPro Awards honor excellence in live-event production
and single out one individual in the live-event industry who has demonstrated
a significant record of achievement during the preceding year. Tenner is known
for signature events she creates in music, television and film.
For more information on Tenner and Associates, go to
http://www.tennerandassoc.com or call (702) 792 9430.
About Tenner and Associates, Inc.
Tenner and Associates specializes in BAM! -- "Branding and Marketing --
with Impact!" The company creates "BUZZ" and "BUSINESS" through signature
events, entertainment and hands-on consumer interactive sponsorship programs
designed to sell or build affinity. Tenner and Associates has successfully
married the worlds of music, entertainment, sports, pop culture, media and
tourism for her clients, which include some of the leading Las Vegas Strip
casinos, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paris Hotel and Casino, Jeep, VH1, The
PartyPoker Million, Elle Magazine and Card Player Cruises. For more
information on Tenner and Associates, go to http://www.tennerandassoc.com or
call (702) 792 9430.
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Jackie Lapin, +1-818-707-1473, jackie@jackielapinmediarelations.com, for
Tenner and Associates, Inc.