Genevieve Thiers is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several companies in the Chicago area. Her first company, Sittercity (sittercity.com/), has millions of users nationwide and serves clients such as Avon, Mastercard, Monster, and the Department of Defense. Genevieve was recognized by President Bush at the White House as the Small Business Administration Young Entrepreneur Champion of the Year for 2006. Her companies have won over 15 major awards, including the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Momentum Award, the WBDC Rising Start Award, the UPS Out-of- the-Box Award, the INC 500 list, and more. Genevieve has been featured hundreds of times in the media by the TODAYshow, the CBS Early Show, CNN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, etc.