Law Business Media (LBM), publisher of Corporate Counsel Business Journal (CCBJ), today announced that three legal media and marketing veterans will join the company’s senior executive team. Neil Signore assumes the role of Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Events; Jennifer Coniglio will serve as Vice President for Events and Special Projects; and Matthew Tortora has joined as the company’s Senior Database Director.
LBM simultaneously announced the launch of a new division, Corporate Counsel Business Institute (CCBI), which will serve as the educational arm of CCBJ. The Institute will provide smart and practical interactive programming designed to help general counsel, legal operations professionals, corporate board members and senior business executives identify and navigate the challenges they face today and foresee and prepare for the challenges they will face tomorrow.
According to Kristin Calve, CEO of Law Business Media and editor and publisher of CCBJ, the additions are a continuation of the strategic development of the company that began with the acquisition and rebranding of the former Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, which has published continuously for more than 25 years.
“Neil, Jennifer and Matthew are well-known to us through the excellent work they did at American Lawyer Media and, more recently, Today’s General Counsel,” she said. “They have unparalleled insight into the information and education needs of corporate law departments, as well as the law firms, technology companies, consultants and other providers that serve them. We are delighted to welcome them to our team.”
Neil Signore brings to CCBJ a wealth of experience in conference development, sales and management with some of the most esteemed organizations in the world, including over 10 years in senior leadership positions with American Lawyer Media (now ALM Media), Thomson Reuters, Glasser LegalWorks, the American Society of Civil Engineers, Miller Freeman and Today’s General Counsel Magazine & Institute. Neil has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Pace University. Neil can be reached at 201.560.6591 or [email protected].
Jennifer Coniglio spent more than five years at ALM Media as Group Director of Legal Events and Director of Conference Programming before joining Today’s General Counsel as Vice President of Events. Prior to that, she served as Conference Development Manager with SourceMedia and as a Publicity Coordinator with Sony Music Entertainment, among others. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Colby College.
After seven years serving as ALM Media’s Audience Development Director, Matthew Tortora joined Today’s General Counsel as Database Director. He has also served as Director of Sales Analysis with MicroWarehouse, supporting an 350-person outbound/inbound telemarketing team, Director of Marketing for Planet Crea, an Italian toy company, and Marketing & Sales Project Director with Coldwell Banker. After studying engineering, Matt earned his B.A. in Business Administration/Economics, with a minor in Finance, from Rutgers University.
This influx of smart, experienced, creative talent will help propel us to the next level as we continue to focus on our mission of advancing the interests our in-house customers and the many outside providers who serve corporate law departments worldwide, said Kristin Calve.
“Our events, which range from intimate, bespoke colloquia for some of the world’s most prestigious global law firms to webcasts and live events with leading general counsel and legal ops professionals to our very popular Women in Business & Law series, are the perfect complement to Corporate Counsel Business Journal and our legal ops and in-house tech newsletters,” Ms. Calve said. “With Neil, Jennifer and Matt, who join Kimberly Fine, former Managing Director with ALM Media and now Managing Director of Programming with CCBJ, we have assembled the finest team in the industry to provide second-to-none programming and service tailored to the unique executive education needs of the corporate community.”
