Three Colorado Business Leaders to Mentor Youth Entrepreneurs

DENVER - Sept. 15, 2015 - PRLog -- September 15, 2015, Denver – Three prominent Colorado business leaders are serving as Presenting Mentors for the 14^th annual Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs, a state-wide business competition of the nonprofit Young Americans Center for Financial Education that seeks out youth with the drive to start and build a successful business of their own.  Sponsored by CoBank, the event takes place at Denver’s Seawell Grand Ballroom on Thursday, September 24 at 5:30 p.m.

Three youth entrepreneurs will be named winners of the competition, and each will be paired with a Presenting Mentor.  This pairing offers an exciting opportunity for both the winners and the mentors: the young winners have a chance to solicit valuable business advice from their seasoned mentors; while the mentors have the opportunity to support and encourage the future drivers of Colorado’s entrepreneurial economy.

“We are honored three of Colorado’s elite business leaders, Chuck Morris, Jeremy Ostermiller, and Maureen Tarrant Fitzgerald, will guide the exceptional winners of our youth business competition,” said Richard E. Martinez, Jr, President and CEO, Young Americans Center for Financial Education. “They follow in the rich tradition set by the many outstanding Presenting Mentors who have come before them.”

About Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs and Young Americans Center

Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs is a business competition and dinner event fundraiser that benefits the programs of Young Americans Center for Financial Education, a nonprofit charity that reaches more than 60,000 youth every year through hands-on programs and real-life experiences to develop financial literacy in youth. For tickets ($250 per person) and sponsored tables ($2,500 and up) contact Janet Redwine at 303-320-3241 or jredwine@yacenter.org.

Visit www.yacenter.org to learn more about Young Americans’ resources for young business owners, as well as flagship programs Young AmeriTowne, International Towne, free Money Matters classes and Young Americans Bank in Denver, the only FDIC insured real bank in the world designed specifically for young people (age 21 and under).