Genevieve Thiers Speaks at the Mayor's Council
Tuesday, July 15, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Chicago, Ill.) - Genevieve Thiers, founder and CEO of Sittercity.com, America’s largest and most trusted online source for caregiving, today served on a panel at Chicago’s City Hall for the Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors (MCTA) Meeting Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors Meeting. The MCTA is an advisory group. The focus here is on community building and bringing together members of the tech community for discussion and networking.
The presenting group included the some of the biggest names of the Chicago tech community, including: Teamwerks Alison Chung, CEO TicketsNow Cheryl Rosner, CEO Zorch Nicole Loftus, CEO & Founder Ceres Venture Fund Laura Pearl, Founder
The meeting was also attended by several Chicago tech visionaries, including Hedy Ratner of the WBDC, David Weinstein of the CEC and Michael Krauss with the Chicago Sun-Times.
About Sittercity.com
Sittercity.com®, the inventor of online caregiving, is America's most trustworthy source for child care and pet care, dedicated to making the process of finding a caregiver fast, easy, safe and fun. With access to hundreds of thousands of sitters nationwide, including babysitters, nannies, petsitters, housekeepers, senior companions and tutors, care seekers can find a wealth of qualified caregivers in their area by using Sittercity's four-step screening process, which includes references, parent-to-parent feedback, personal interviews and free access to background checks. Registration for sitters is free, and parents pay as little as $8 per month for a membership, which gives them unlimited ability to post jobs, and search, contact and hire sitters in their areas. A true pioneer in its field, Sittercity.com has been featured by hundreds of media outlets, from the Today Show to the Big Idea with Donny Deutsch to the Wall Street Journal. Sittercity won first place in the 2007 UPS Small Business "Out of the Box" contest as well as a 2007 International Davey Award. Sittercity also won the U.S. Small Business Administration Champion Award in 2006 from President Bush, a 2006 Stevie award, received a Webby Worthy Award in 2005 and won the 2005 Women's Business Development Center Rising Star Award. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.sittercity.com.
