Tenner Named One of 25 People to Watch
January 29, 2008 - Domenica DiPiero
Lisa Tenner, founder and president of Tenner & Associates, is a “branding impresario”. A former ballerina who moved onto the business world to become a successful securities trader in Los Angeles, Tenner moved into the entertainment industry and began servicing bands such as The Tubes and Toto. She’s also worked closely with KoRn, Jane’s Addiction and Soundgarden. In 1991, Tenner opened her own firm and went on to create The Emerging Artists’ Fund, which, according to the Tenner & Associates official web site, “encourages education in the field of recording arts & sciences through scholarships, grants and professional stipends.”
Tenner, who makes her home in Las Vegas, Nevada, has a distinguished gaming clientele including Bally’s Paris Hotel & Casino, The Hard Rock Hotel and PartyPoker.com. She was also instrumental in brokering the “Ultimate Poker Challenge”, bringing it to TV back in 2005.
Mrs. Tenner is also the driving force behind the “Queen of Hearts”, a group of talented poker professionals and female celebrities who play at the World Series of Poker Ladies’ Championship. The players contribute a portion of their winnings to the American Heart Association and the Nevada Cancer Institute. Last year, Tenner took to the felt as co-captain of the team along with actress Mimi Rogers. Also included in the roster for the 2007 “Queen of Hearts” were JJ Liu, Jennifer Tilly, Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh, Isabelle Mercier, Clonie Gowen, Susie Isaacs and the 2006 champion, Mary Jones.
For this achievement, Tenner was named by Global Gaming Business Magazine as one of the “25 people to watch” for 2008. In 2007, Tenner was also named “Event Pro of the Year” by the EventPro Forum. According to the press release, “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.”
Congratulations to Lisa Tenner for her receipt of this special honor.
Also named as “people to watch” by Global Gaming Business Magazine were Rosalind Krause, General Manager of Trump’s Taj Mahal Casino and Kathleen McLaughlin-Harris, Managing Director of Global Slot Marketing and Operations for Las Vegas Sands Corp.
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