CAREERFUEL FOUNDER AND CEO WINS PITCH CONTEST TO ATTEND "WE OWN IT" SUMMIT IN NEW YORK

AnnMarie McIlwain, Founder and CEO of CareerFuel, was selected in the We Own It Pitch contest, sponsored by the StartUp America Partnership.  She will now be joining top entrepreneurs, investors, academics, government officials, media, non-profit and industry organizations at the We Own It Summit, June 28 & 29, New York. The We Own It Summit brings together participants from across the globe in order to focus on breaking down barriers for women in high-growth entrepreneurship—across the pipeline—from college graduate to founder and CEO.

Participants include: Tom Cannon, University of Liverpool Management School; Lesa Mitchell, VP, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; Kathleen Warner, Startup America Partnership; Ida Beerhalter, Investment Partner, Bellwald Partner GMBH; Lorraine Hariton, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, U.S. State Department; Jean Brittingham, Founder and CEO, SmartGirls; Ana Harvey, Assistant Administrator for Women’s Business Ownership, U.S. Small Business Administration; Hugh Brownstone, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Personally Cool; Frederick Metz Shepperd, Managing Director, Shepperd Investors AG.

 For a full listing of We Own it Summit speakers, please click here.