New Castle, New Hampshire (November 29, 2012) - Club Benchmarking (CB) announced today that Teri Finan has been named as the company's Director of Communications. As the newest member of the CB team, Finan will develop resources to further enhance the value of CB as an essential tool for private club executives and will deliver real-time information and analysis to CB members.

"We are really pleased to have Teri working with us. Her in-depth understanding of the club industry will be of great value to the company and to Club Benchmarking subscribers," said Russ Conde, Club Benchmarking COO and co-founder. "Teri will be an integral part of the CB value proposition."

Finan has served the private club industry as a journalist and consultant since 1994. Her tenure includes six years as editor of Club Management magazine and more than nine years as editor of the Private Club Advisor business letter. She has established a reputation for providing resources that advance the industry and support the professionals who have dedicated their careers to private club management.

"I am pleased to see that Teri Finan has joined forces with Club Benchmarking," said James B. Singerling, CCM, Chief Executive Officer of the Club Managers Association of America. "Her long-standing career in the club industry with both Club Management magazine as well as the Private Club Advisor make her an indispensable resource to the company. Teri's background and expertise will help to build the universal adoption of this one-of-a-kind management tool that we hope club managers will realize they can't do without."

Club Benchmarking is the largest accessible knowledge-base in the club world. Clubs that subscribe to the Club Benchmarking platform accomplish strategic comparative analysis across the entire spectrum of a club's operation. Club Benchmarking's Available Cash Model and Key performance Indicators have become indispensible decision support tools for General Managers and Boards of Governors across the country. Club Benchmarking also collaborates with others in the club world including the Club Manager's Association of America (CMAA) and Master Club Advisors to centralize CMAA's survey data-gathering using the Club Benchmarking database.

About Club Benchmarking Club Benchmarking (CB) is the club industry's single, centralized data-sharing platform. Utilizing Dynamic BenchmarkingTM technology, CB delivers accurate peer comparison data directly to the club manager's desktop. Intuitive comparison set filtering drives highly relevant "apples to apples" peer comparison, providing managers with factual data that is invaluable in strategic planning, budgeting and aligning club leadership teams. One click access to the powerful Available Cash Model for ClubsTM benchmark can be used to illuminate the strategic drivers in any club's business model. Supported by automated graphical reporting, CB's store of industry Finance & Operations and Compensation & Benefits data eliminates the need for time-consuming and redundant, ad-hoc surveys. To learn more, visit http://www.clubbenchmarking.com

Contact: Russell Conde rconde@clubbenchmarking.com (603) 553-8958