Lynn Perkins

Lynn Perkins – is CEO and co-founder of UrbanSitter, an app and website that’s making it easier than ever for parents to find, book and pay trusted childcare, from last minute babysitting to full-time care. Whether hiring a summer nanny while camps and daycares are closed or booking backup care, with UrbanSitter’s corporate benefit offering employees are able to quickly find the qualified childcare they need, allowing them to focus on work. Lynn has turned her vision of an “OpenTable for babysitting” into a service with more than a million users in 50 cities and has facilitated millions of babysitting jobs. Lynn frequently advises and speaks on the topics of scaling an organization, establishing online trust, and fundraising. Lynn is a graduate of Stanford University.