NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Summit Business Media, LLC, a leading business-to-business media and information company serving the insurance, financial and professional services markets, today announced the appointment of Kathy Schneider as Vice President of Human Resources for the overall organization, from head of HR for one of Summit's subsidiary companies, Highline Business Media LLC.
Schneider continues to report to Andrew Goodenough, President of Highline and Summit. Summit currently has approximately 500 employees and 14 offices. "With more than 25 years of HR experience in publishing, Kathy will play an important role in Summit's growth in the B2B media space by continuously drawing and retaining quality employees and overseeing the integration of acquired companies," said Goodenough. "She has facilitated the strong growth of Highline Media for the past four years as well as the recent integration with Pfingsten Publishing. During her tenure at Highline, she was instrumental in the integration of seven acquisitions and the growth of our employee base from 100 to 350. This is a well-deserved promotion."
Before joining Highline in 2004, Schneider was Director of Human Resources for F&W Publishing in Cincinnati, with 900 employees.
About Summit Business Media
Summit Business Media was formed through Wind Point Partners' acquisition of Highline Media and Pfingsten Publishing in November 2006. Together, these units publish the insurance titles National Underwriter Property/Casualty and Life/Health weeklies, Life Insurance Selling, Agent Sales Journal, American Agent & Broker, Claims, Tech Decisions, Insurance Advocate and Florida Underwriter, and financial titles Mortgage Originator, Wealth Manager, Research and Futures. In July 2007 the Company acquired Wicks Business Information, and added Investment Advisor, Credit Union Times, Inside Counsel and Treasury & Risk magazines, continuing to expand its footprint in the financial industry as well as adding the legal and accounting markets, as part of its growth into the professional services marketplace. The Company also publishes the reference tools TaxFacts and Fire, Casualty and Surety Bulletins, and, through its Highline Data unit, financial and market information on insurers and company benefit plans. Summit also sponsors the international Investment Conferences on global mining investment, a dozen conference events affiliated with its magazine brands, and via its Executive Enterprises unit, more than 100 professional education seminars annually.
Summit is also one of the leading organizers of consumer art expositions and providers of business-to-business information to the art market. Additional information about Summit is available at www.summitbusinessmedia.com.