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Career Tracks - From Opera Singer to Entrepreneur

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Genevieve Thiers (GMu04) studied to be an opera singer, but you're more likely to hear others sing her praises as the founder and CEO of iVillage’s Sittercity.com®, an award-winning, online care-giving site for child care, pet care, senior care, home care, and tutors. She shared her story as part of 2009's A Day with Northwestern in Evanston.


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As an undergraduate at Boston College, Genevieve Thiers (GMu04) babysat for over 30 families. That experience foreshadowed her career to come as the founder and CEO of iVillage’s Sittercity.com®, an award-winning, online care-giving site for child care, pet care, senior care, home care, and tutors. Thiers has appeared extensively in the media including The Today Show and CNN, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.